Election statement: I am research fellow at CRIA, Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. I was trained in Italy and I have worked in Spain, before moving to Portugal, while doing field research in Italy, Greece, Albania, and Portugal. EASA has contributed to our understanding of anthropology, creating an inclusive, multilingual scholarly space, where different ways of doing anthropology beautifully flourished and debated together. Today, I believe EASA is called to play a new crucial role in strengthening the public dimension of anthropology, promoting and communicating its unique way of understanding social life and its fast-changing configurations in these troubled times. If elected I would be particularly concerned with making anthropological research and knowledge more open, accessible, and just, promoting shared platforms, and open access editorial initiatives. I think an important contribution might be offered by the EASA networks, an incredible fortune of persons, ideas, and projects that await to be carefully cultivated in order to let EASA flourish.
Nominating member: Valeria Siniscalchi (EHESS, Centre Norbert Elias); Supporting member: Susana Narotzky (Universitat de Barcelona)