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Noel B. Salazar

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Socio-Cultural Anthropologist, Critical Thinker/Teacher/Speaker, Creative Writer, Problem Solver Polycrisis/global challenges/planetary health/environmental humanities/endurance/wisdom/imaginaries/mobility/anthropology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-2977 .. more

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Noel B. Salazar is a sociocultural anthropologist known for his transdisciplinary work on mobility and travel, the local-to-global nexus, discourses and imaginaries of 'Otherness', heritage, cultural brokering, cosmopolitanism and endurance. .. more

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Aug 18

“It’s difficult to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just published! "Journeying with one of Japan’s leading anthropologists"
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CK3DQ... #anthropology #biography #Yamashita #Japan

Epilogue: Journeying With One of Japan’s Leading Anthropologists

This epilogue concludes a special issue honouring the life and work of Professor Shinji Yamashita and his profound influence on anthropology and anthropologists in Japan and beyond. I describe Yama...

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Apr 30

For those in and around Barcelona, Spain: International Seminar "The Cultures of Tourism: From origins to global phenomenon", 20-21 May, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Free with pre-booking: www.cccb.org/en/activitie... #tourismification #culture #anthropology #city

The Cultures of Tourism | Activities | CCCB

This international seminar goes back to the origins of tourism to understand how we have come to constitute a tourist society and what imaginaries we have creat

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Mar 1

Shocked to hear about the passing of Nelson Graburn. There are so many stories to tell about how he profoundly influenced my academic career and that of countless others. One thing is for sure, Nelson was not only a great scholar and mentor but also a wonderful all-round human being.

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Feb 24

CfP for an international conference on the anthropology of sport at KU Leuven, Belgium

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Feb 10

Coming up (online webinar): "Partnering Heritage with Latin America: Heritage Futures in the Age of Polycrises", Wednesday 19 February 2025, 3 pm (CET) or 8 am (CDMX). Register here: www.una-europa.eu/calendar/par... #heritage #polycrisis #future #unaeuropa #kuleuven #inah #CNCPC

Partnering Heritage with Latin America: Heritage Futures in the Age of Polycrises | Una Europa

Eleven European research universities have come together to create a unique alliance – Una Europa. Our universities have been educating Europe for almost 1,000 years. Together, we teach more than 400,...

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Jan 21

Interesting opportunity for those based in Mexico City and surroundings who are working on heritage and global challenges. Note that the deadline is coming up very soon!

Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Jan 9

“The future is not what will happen to us, but what we will do” Henri Bergson (1911)

Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Dec 26

Best wishes for 2025! #NewYear

Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Dec 12

Increasingly common reactions to science and scientists...

Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Nov 29

White Friday

Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Nov 24

Social networking on bsky...

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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Nov 17

My first post here:
So excited for this panel and workshop with @fionamur.bsky.social and Maruska Svasek! Calling on anthropologists working on creative experimentation to consider proposing a paper for this panel (deadline 17 December). In Scotland!! June 2025!! nomadit.co.uk/conference/s...

Meth02: Liberating ethnographic representations: creative experimentation, fragmentation and the freedom to unwrite

Ethnography strains under rigid words, losing life's flow. This panel explores “unwriting,” fragments, and creative methods to free narratives from form. Followed by the workshop "Meander, Spiral, Exp...

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Noel B. Salazar @noelbsalazar.bsky.social · Nov 17

The Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven (Belgium) has a vacancy for an anthropologist (open rank) with regional expertise in Asia. Join our vibrant international community! kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
#anthropology #job #academica

Social and cultural anthropologist with regional expertise in Asia (open rank)

We are looking for a social and cultural anthropologist with regional expertise in Asia (open rank)

kuleuven.be

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