AIBR. Asociación de Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red
The association AIBR (Network of Iberoamerican Anthropologists, from the Spanish Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red) started in 1996 with the creation of the portal El Rincón del Antropólogo (The Anthropologist Corner), that brought together the team of one of the first portals of anthropology in the Spanish-speaking world. The association has become a network that connects more than 7,000 anthropologist of Spain, Portugal and all the Latin American countries.[1]
Creation of AIBR and AIBR. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana
In November 2002 the association was legally constituted and recognized by the Minister of the Interior of Spain. Since 2001, AIBR publishes the scientific journal AIBR. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana ('Journal of Iberoamerican Anthropology') every four months electronically and in paper.
Objectives of AIBR
The basic objectives of AIBR are:
- To promote the different activities related to anthropology, as well as to spread the themes related to the fields of anthropology.
- To promote and support the exchange of ideas and opportunities among the well-known professionals of this discipline or those who are interested in Anthropology.
- To develop communication between related institutions, both Spanish and foreign.
- In general, all the activities related to the development and promotion of topics related to Anthropology.
AIBR Annual International Conference of Anthropology
In July 7–10, 2015 the association held in Madrid (Spain) its first international conference under the global theme "The human being: cultures, origins, and destiny", with over 800 delegates. The meeting was presented by anthropologist Didier Fassin (Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton), and closed with a lecture by Aurora González Echevarria (Autonomous University of Barcelona).
The Second AIBR International Conference took place in Barcelona (http://2016.aibr.org) in September 2016, under the global theme the "Identity: Bridges, Thresholds, and Barriers".. This edition opened with a plenary conference by Arturo Escobar [2] (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and continued with further lectures by Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen), Verena Stolcke (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and Manuel Delgado (University of Barcelona).
The Third AIBR International Conference of Anthropology took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (http://2017.aibr.org) in November 2017, and was the first edition of the AIBR Conference to take place across the Atlantic. The global theme was "Travels, crossings, displacements", and began with an inaugural lecture by Marc Augé (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS).
The Fourth AIBR International Conference of Anthropology took place in Granada (http://2018.aibr.org), under the general theme "Dialogues, Encounters and Stories from the Souths".[3] This edition began with a plenary session by Nigel Barley and closed with a closing plenary session by Paul Stoller (West Chester University, Pennsylvania) and Maria Paula Meneses (CES Coimbra) offered a conference. Besides, a new form of meeting was introduced, with the first "Diálogo a Dos" between María Teresa del Valle (University of Basque Country) and Mónica Tarducci (University of Buenos Aires) on the connections between anthropology and feminism.
| Year | City | Theme | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Madrid, Spain | Thinking cultures, changing worlds | http://2019.aibr.org |
| 2018 | Granada, Spain | Encounters, dialogues and stories from the Souths | http://2018.aibr.org |
| 2017 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Travels, crossings, displacements | http://2017.aibr.org |
| 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | Identity: Bridges, Thresholds, and Barriers | http://2016.aibr.org |
| 2015 | Madrid, Spain | The Human Being: Cultures, Origins, and Destiny | http://2015.aibr.org |
List of plenary speakers who have participated in both the opening and closing sessions and who endorse for their contribution to the discipline in the international arena
| Speaker | Center | Year | Congress | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didier Fassin | Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton | 2015 | Madrid, Spain | Noticias del terreno. Una defensa e ilustración de la etnografía |
| Aurora González Echevarría | Autonomous University of Barcelona | 2015 | Madrid, Spain | El alcance de las teorías sobre la parentalidad
La comparación transcultural como extensión de modelos etnográficos |
| Arturo Escobar | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | Entramados, puentes, y muros epistémicos: Tejiendo el pluriverso |
| Tim Ingold | University of Aberdeen | 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | One World Anthropology |
| Verena Stolke | Autonomous University of Barcelona | 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | A propósito de naciones, nacionalidades y fronteras. No es racismo, estúpido |
| Manuel Delgado Ruiz | University of Barcelona | 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | La Antropología en los tiempos del cólera. Una reflexión y un balance |
| Marc Augé | École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales | 2017 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | El viaje como ilusión y como promesa |
| Nigel Barley | British Museum | 2018 | Granada, Spain | Making exhibitions of Ourselves |
| Paul Stoller | West Chester University | 2018 | Granada, Spain | Slow anthropology in a Fast World |
| Rosana Guber | University of Buenos Aires | 2019 | Madrid, Spain | Pensar la etnografía en Iberoamérica: 4 líneas y 4 paradojas desde el trabajo de campo |
| Francisco J. Ferrándiz | CSIC | 2019 | Madrid, Spain | ¿Exhumar a Francisco Franco? Etnografía de un descenso a las profundidades del Valle |
AIBR Best Article Award in Iberoamerican Anthropology
Since 2013, the AIBR Best Article Award in Iberoamerican Anthropology is awarded annually to the best article from the previous calendar year. This award is sponsored by the AIBR journal and comes with a prize of EUR 400. The articles shortlisted for the Award are the ones finally published in the scientific journal AIBR.
| Year | Author | Title | Title Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Peter C. Little | Bodies, Toxins, and E-Waste Labour Interventions in Ghana: Toward a Toxic Postcolonial Corporality? | Cuerpos, toxinas e intervenciones laborales con residuos electrónicos en Ghana: ¿Hacia una corporalidad poscolonial tóxica? |
| 2018 | Gerardo Fernández Juárez | A Kallawaya master in Madrid’s Gran Vía | Un kallawaya en la «Gran Vía». Notas de campo en Madrid |
| 2017 | Gabriel Ruiz Romero | Three times at the square: Staging of a ceremony of statal public forgiveness due to the acts of paramilitary violence in Colombia | Tres veces en la plaza: Escenificación de una ceremonia estatal de perdón público por actos de violencia paramilitar en Colombia |
| 2016 | Felipe Cárdenas Tamara | The sign Cultural Landscape from the horizons of Semiotic Anthropology | El signo paisaje cultural desde los horizontes de la antropología semiótica |
| 2015 | Marco Tobón | Dreams as ethnographic tools | Los sueños como instrumentos etnográficos |
| 2014 | Juan Antonio Flores Martos | Emerging iconographies and patrimonized deaths in Latin America: Holly dead, miraculous dead and adopted dead | Iconografías emergentes y muertes patrimonializadas en América Latina: Santa Muerte, muertos milagrosos y muertos adoptados |
| 2013 | Olatz González-Abrisketa | Displaced bodies: gender, sport, and cultural domination in the Basque court | Cuerpos desplazados. Género, deporte, y protagonismo cultural en la plaza vasca. |
More information
AIBR does not belong to any university or academic institution, neither does it follow any political or religious faith. It is a private, independent initiative that anyone may join. It is funded by means of the statutory projects and activities, and the annual subscription fees provided by its members. AIBR has belonged to the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) since July 2005.
References
- http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/dossier/2018.pdf
- "Arturo Escobar: "Se deben crear alternativas al desarrollo"". ElNacional.cat. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Hosteltur. "Ostelea participa en el IV Congreso Internacional de Antropología AIBR | Nota de prensa en Hosteltur". Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-24.