Welcome to the AAS Website

A warm welcome to the AAS website! To familiarise yourself with the Society, you can follow these links to read some background, get to know the Executive Committee, and read the Society’s Constitution and Code of Ethics. If you’re interested in joining the Society, have a look at the member benefits and membership types and then submit an online application form. For current members, once you’ve logged in simply select Profile under your name (top right hand corner) to view and manage your membership details, including your listing in the AAS Member Directory. Everyone is encouraged to scroll down to read about the new and exciting Australian Anthropology Forums!

AAS+ASAANZ 2020 Conference Postponed

The 2020 joint conference of the Australian Anthropological Society and the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand has been postponed. Given the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19, the NZ organisers, in consultation with the AAS Executive Committee, have made the difficult decision to postpone the event to the end of 2021. We will announce new plans for the 2021 joint AAS+ASAANZ conference in Wellington as they become available. Learn more...

Introducing AAS Forums

A new and powerful discussion forums website to facilitate communications about all things anthropology.

The forums site can be accessed directly (www.aasforums.asn.au) or via the main AAS site (www.aas.asn.au). This configuration was chosen so that non-members can still participate in anthropology networks. For full details follow the link below. The key points are:

AAS members have full access to the forums site and login details for both sites are the same (if you are already logged in at this main site simply click the AAS Forums link and you will be redirected, with your login still active)
Non-AAS members are welcome to sign up for forums participation
It is possible to create multiple forums, which can be set up to function as online and email-based forums (aka listservers)
Forums participants can submit requests for dedicated forums (e.g. for specific topics, purposes or sub-groups)
All participants are subject to the moderation rules (AAS members and non-members alike)

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News from the AAS Desk

in the latest issue of taja

The Australian Journal of Anthropology (TAJA) is the flagship journal of the Australian Anthropological Society, publishing scholarly papers and book reviews in anthropology and related disciplines. The latest issue of TAJA includes the following original research articles:

A sensory approach for multispecies anthropology by Natasha Fijn Muhammad, A. Kavesh
Stench and sensibilities: On living with waste, animals and microbes in India by Assa Doron
The flight of the self: Exploring more‐than‐human companionship in rural Pakistan by Muhammad A. Kavesh
Human‐horse sensory engagement through horse archery by Natasha Fijn
Filmic encounters: Multispecies care and sacrifice on island Timor by Lisa Palmer
Rank atmospheres: The more‐than‐human scentspace and aesthetic of a pigdogging hunt by Paul G. Keil
The silence of the donkeys: Sensorial entanglements between people and animals at Willowra and beyond by Petronella Vaarzon‐Morel

AAS members receive an online and optional print subscription to TAJA, including full access to the digital archives dating back to volume 1, issue 1 (1931) (when the journal was called Mankind).

Access TAJA Online Here

The AAS Stands with Yuendumu

In the wake of the police shooting of Kumunjayi Walker, the AAS stands in solidarity with Yuendumu community and the pursuit of justice for Kumunjayi. We grieve with the Warlpiri families, who have lost a son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew, cousin and partner. We heed the voices, perspectives and leadership from Warlpiri communities, their analyses of the situation and the conditions from which it arose, and their recommendations for change.

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