About SANA
The Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) brings together anthropologists who study the peoples, cultures, and histories of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We provide an institutional home for North Americanist scholarship through prizes, publications, meetings, and professional community — with a commitment to social justice, equity, and the critical study of North America.
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Academia in Tumult
Kitchen Floor Ethnography: Knowledge from the Margins
The narrow lanes of Palamuru Basti in Hyderabad city carry different sounds in times of crisis. Palamuru Basti is a densely populated urban slum in Hyderabad, India, where the I have established long-lasting connections and friendships with several families over multiple years of fieldwork.
Anthropology in Florida
Approaches to Anthropological Praxis in Florida
This text is written in resonance with a communication presented during a counter-event of the Congress of the Federation of Human Sciences (FHS), in June 2024, in Montreal. The counter-event was organized to protest the FHS’s lack of position on the genocide in Gaza and the pro-Palestinian student movement, as reflected in the encampment at McGill University where the congress was supposed to take place.
Campus Protests
Inside and Outside of the University
On the morning of Saturday, April 27, 2024 the Instagram account of a collective at Washington University in St. Louis posted a message proclaiming “WASHU IS EVERYWHERE” in bold, red text.