Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) Fall Conference 2026
Oct 2 @ 11:00 am - Oct 3 @ 9:00 pm EDT
Choosing Each Other
Multimodal Ethnographies of Friendship as Community Care
What does it mean to choose one another? In times of uncertainty and disconnection, friendship offers a vital yet underexplored domain for anthropological inquiry. This two-day conference invites anthropologists and allied scholars to explore friendship as a generative force—a voluntary bond that fosters belonging, sustains communities, and nurtures forms of care that enrich civic and educational life.
