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:
The Council on Nursing and Anthropology (CONAA) is an organization of nurse-anthropologists who meet twice each year, once at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings in the spring, and once at the American Anthropology Association meetings in the Fall. For the past three decades, CONAA has gathered nurse-anthropologists under the umbrella of the Society of Medical Anthropology. CONAA’s mission is to explore culture and client care, the teaching of culture, and the preparation of nurses as culturally-competent caregivers.
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.
Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA). The Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA), which has been a co-sponsor of the SfAA meetings about every two years since the 1997 Seattle Meetings, joins us again this year as a co-sponsor. The SMA of the American Anthropological Association was founded in 1971 to promote the study of anthropological aspects of health, illness, health care, and related topics and to encourage communication and utilization of the results obtained from such studies. It is currently the largest international scholarly organization devoted to all aspects of medical anthropology. The SMA currently has approximately 1,400 members (many of whom are also members of the SfAA), and publishes the quarterly international journal of record in the field, the Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
The Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (WAPA). WAPA is the oldest and largest regional association of professional anthropologists in the world today. Founded in 1976, WAPA serves as a resource, and a social and career development center for anthropologists seeking to apply their knowledge and skills to practical problems for the betterment of society.
