Helen Mary Macdonald

Anthropology Southern Africa welcomes you to Mzansi / South Africa The World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 organisers invite you to the inaugural WAU Congress being held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from the 11 – 15 November 2024. From the 1960s onwards, anthropological knowledge has engaged with, and seen concomitant shifts in practice as a result of [post – ] theoretical movements: Post-structuralism; Post-modernism; Post-colonialism; Post-socialism; Post-humanism; Post-truth; Post-post-colonialism. All of these critiques share a core concern with recognising the constructedness of knowledge, and the power relations that underlie what we know and how we know it. The World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 brings together scholars and other anthropology knowledge makers to a single stage in Africa, a long neglected continent in the anthropological world. Our goal is to showcase African scholarship and build stronger links within Africa and the world.