The University of Arizona Press
When: March 25-29, 2025
Where: Portland, Oregon
Join us in Portland for the annual 2025 Society for Applied Anthropology meeting. This year’s theme is “Revitalizing Applied Anthropology.” Learn more about the conference at the SfAA website.
From the meeting organizers: “The history of applied anthropology is substantial and storied. Although peppered with occasional missteps, since its inception most of anthropology’s practitioners have been committed to rendering a better world for its many and diverse inhabitants through the application of their work. The Society for Applied Anthropology has long provided a gathering place for an interdisciplinary mix of scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds, from different academic traditions, from different cultural contexts, and from heterodox ideological vantage points. This diversity has been our strength, and has been central to applied anthropology’s identity. As we gather in Portland to discuss our current research and consider how to better advance our work, we foremost seek to cultivate a veneration for the achievements of those who came before us — to praise the inspiring practitioners and traditions of a disciplinary legacy dedicated to convening practicing and academic social scientists together. And in that legacy, we hope to discern and convey the magic at the heart of the discipline that draws us together.”
About the SfAA Conference:
“The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines—anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2025 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Portland, OR, with the SfAA.”
