At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology held on October 24, 2004, the Society ratified the founding agreement of the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA). The Society's formal membership in WCAA will be announced at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology to be held at Hokkaido University on May 21-22, 2005.
The following are member associations of WCAA:
- American Anthropological Association - AAA
- Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa
- Association of Brazilian Anthropologists -ABA
- Association of Social Anthropology -ASA
- Australian Anthropological Society
- Canadian Anthropology Society
- European Association of Social Anthropologists-EASA
- French Association of Anthropologists
- Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology-JASCA
- Indian Anthropological Society
- International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences-IUAES
- Latin-American Association of Anthropology
- Pan-African Anthropology Association
- Russian Association of Anthropologists and Ethnologists
Through WCAA, JASCA anticipates greater collaboration with anthropological associations in the world. For more details, see Koizumi, Junji, "Jinruigakkai-sekaikyogikai (WCAA) no setsuritsu: jinruigaku minzokugaku no kokusairenkei ni mukete (The Establishment of the World Council of Anthropological Associations - WCAA: Towards Greater Collaboration among Anthropologies and Ethnologies of the World)" published (in Japanese) in Bunkajinruigaku: Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology 69(4): 607-12, 2005.
WCAA Founding Agreement
WCAA homepage
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