World Anthropological Union Congress 2025

WAU Congress 2025
Antigua, Guatemala
November 3-8 2025

The paper of Dr. Cássio Brancaleone explores the possibility, desirability, and practicability of an anarchist anthropology. Inspired by the works of David Graeber, Holly High, Joshua Reno, and Beltrán Roca, it interrogates whether anthropology can move beyond the overdetermined frameworks of the state and hierarchized power.