The Society for Applied Anthropolgy has invited cognate professional associations to join as co-sponsors in the Annual Meeting. Those groups who have accepted the invitation are now working actively with the Program Chair on the content of the sessions. The groups include:
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA). Founded in 1983, NAPA strives to promote the practice of anthropology, both within the discipline and among private and public organizations. NAPA continues to grow as anthropologists engaged in practice have developed broader professional opportunities both inside and outside the Academic realm.
Political Ecology Society (PESO). The Political Ecology Society has as its object the promotion of interdisciplinary scientific investigation of the political and economic principles controlling the relations of human beings to one another and to the environment. As part of its efforts to meet these goals, PESO supports the publication of the Journal of Political Ecology, a peer reviewed electronic journal that publishes articles and reviews in English, French, and Spanish. As well as the PESO Annual Meeting, the society organizes sessions at professional meetings, and sponsors an electronic public forum on its Internet site.
The Society for the Anthropology of Work (SAW). SAW provides a forum for discussing the study of work from a variety of perspectives. Members receive the publication, Anthropology of Work Review.
Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA). SHA encourages the further development of humanistic anthropology; aids in the dissemination of the results of scholarship and empirical research in humanistic anthropology through the publication of the Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly and by other appropriate means; serves as a vehicle for the organization of those individuals with a shared commitment to humanistic anthropology; and supports the implementation of programs based upon the consensually recognized results of humanistic research in anthropology.
Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA). The first chapter of SLACA was founded by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in 1969 to advance the study of Latin American anthropology. In 2005, the Society's membership offically approved the adoption of "Caribbean" to the Society's name to reflect the connections between the Latin American and Caribbean regions. SLACA provides a forum for discussion of current research, scholarly trends, and human rights concerns, as well as a space for interchange among scholars from and who work in Latin America and the Caribbean.
