Associação Brasileira de Antropologia

What Associação Brasileira de Antropologia does

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA) is a Brazilian nonprofit professional scientific association founded in 1955, headquartered on the University of Brasília campus in Brasília, DF. It serves academic anthropologists, researchers, graduate students, and affiliated professionals across Brazil, functioning as the country's primary institutional umbrella for the discipline. Its core deliverables include two peer-reviewed journals (Vibrant, published since 2004, and Novos Debates), a biennial Brazilian Anthropology Meeting (RBA) rotating across regional host cities, the ABA Livros publishing program, and a portfolio of named academic awards including the Aníbal Quijano and Roquette-Pinto prizes.

ABA's business model is membership-fee-driven, with multiple individual categories (students, professionals, solidarity-pricing tiers) and likely institutional memberships generating recurring annual dues (anuidades). Supplementary revenue flows come from publication/program income, event registration, and technical cooperation agreements with federal bodies — notably MPF (since 2007), INCRA (since 2011), ENFAM, PFDC, CONAQ, FCHSSA, and WCAA — under which ABA provides expert anthropological input into policy, litigation, and training. Governance is via elected leadership; the current president is Luciana de Oliveira Dias, succeeding prior presidents including Carmen Rial and Bela Feldman-Bianco. Distribution channels include the ABA website, social media (Facebook, X/Twitter), and the TV ABA YouTube channel, alongside traditional print and digital journal distribution.

Name

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia

Legal name

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia

Website

https://portal.abant.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia is a 70-year-old Brazilian nonprofit scientific association that serves academic anthropologists and researchers through peer-reviewed journals, biennial conferences, publishing, and federal policy expertise.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília, Df

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees (Anuidades): The association generates revenue through annual membership fees collected from associated members across various categories including effective, collaborator, graduate student, graduate, aspirant, and honorary members.

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Core offering

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA) is a nonprofit scientific association that promotes anthropological research in Brazil through peer-reviewed academic journals (Vibrant and Novos Debates), biennial conferences (Reuniões Brasileiras de Antropologia), book publishing (ABA Livros), and an awards program. The association generates revenue through annual membership fees collected from individual anthropologists, researchers, and graduate students across multiple categories, and coordinates expert anthropological testimony to government bodies such as the Federal Public Ministry through formal cooperation agreements.

Product overview

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA) is a professional scientific association for Brazilian anthropologists. The organization operates primarily as a content and publication platform, offering two peer-reviewed academic journals (Vibrant and Novos Debates), a book publishing program (ABA Livros), video content (TV ABA via YouTube), and conference proceedings (Anais das RBAs). ABA also administers an extensive awards program including the Medalha Roquette Pinto, Prêmio Antropologia e Direitos Humanos, Prêmio Lélia González, and ten other honors recognizing contributions to anthropological research, teaching, and scientific dissemination. The association publishes biweekly Informativos (bulletins) and facilitates cooperation agreements with governmental bodies for expert testimony services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Brands

• Vibrant (Journal): International journal published by ABA covering anthropological topics, including special issues on Black Brazilian Anthropology and Indigenous Brazilian Anthropology.
• Novos Debates (Journal)
• TV ABA

Products and services

• Vibrant Vibrant is the official peer-reviewed academic journal of ABA, publishing anthropological research in continuous flow and thematic dossiers, including special issues on Black Brazilian Anthropology and Indigenous Brazilian Anthropology. Distributed via SciELO and the association's website.
• Novos Debates Novos Debates is an open-access academic journal published by ABA, accepting continuous submissions and forum proposals to promote scholarly debate in anthropology.
• ABA Livros ABA Livros is the book publishing program of the association, producing titles on anthropology, human rights, religious studies, cultural heritage, and related topics.
• Anais das RBAs Anais das Reuniões Brasileiras de Antropologia (RBAs) are the published proceedings from the Brazilian Anthropology Meetings, documenting research presented at each biennial conference since 1955.

Quantifiable outcome

• Regular publication of Vibrant journal (v.23 in 2026) and Novos Debates (v.11, n.1 in 2025)

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PFDC and Teaching AssociationsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2018Cooperation agreement signed with the Federal Attorney's Office for Citizens' Rights (PFDC/MPF) and four national higher education associations (ANPOCS, ABA, ABCP, SBS) to monitor cases of harassment against education professionals.
• ENFAM (Escola Nacional de Formação e Aperfeiçoamento de Magistrados)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 May 2017Technical scientific cooperation agreement for educational actions with specialized anthropological accompaniment for magistrate training programs.
• INCRA (Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2011Technical cooperation agreement to strengthen land regularization of quilombola territories, through collaboration with anthropology professionals for technical studies, policy support, and research stimulation.
• Ministério Público Federal (MPF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Technical Cooperation Agreement between ABA and MPF since 2007, renewed to present. The agreement aims to collaborate on studies, research, and preparation of expert anthropological reports to support MPF's judicial and extrajudicial work on indigenous rights, quilombola communities, ethnic groups, and minorities. ABA designates professionals from its membership to prepare expert reports.
• CONAQ (Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Scientific Cooperation Agreement between CONAQ and ABA for collaboration on quilombola territorial issues and rights.
• WCAA (World Council of Anthropological Associations)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Council of Anthropological Associations established in Recife, Brazil in 2004 by Gustavo Lins Ribeiro with Wenner-Gren Foundation funding. Created to foster collaboration between different anthropological associations in different regions.
• FCHSSA (Fórum de Ciências Humanas, Sociais e Sociais Aplicadas)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerForum that articulates scientific societies representing researchers in the Human, Social, and Applied Social Sciences in Brazil's National Science and Technology System.

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• European Association of Social Anthropologists: EASA is the principal European association for social anthropologists, running a flagship biennial conference and supporting anthropology journals and networks. Comparable to ABA as a regionally focused professional anthropology body with conferences and publications.
• Royal Anthropological Institute: The RAI is the UK's longest-standing anthropology association, publishing journals (Man, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) and running events, lectures, and the Huxley Medal. Highly comparable to ABA's mix of journals, awards, and convening activities.
• American Anthropological Association: The AAA is the largest national professional anthropology association in the US, offering journals, conferences, advocacy, and ethics codes for anthropologists. It is the closest direct analog to ABA in scale, structure, and mission outside Brazil.
• Society for Applied Anthropology: SfAA is a US-based professional anthropology association with a journal (Human Organization) and annual meetings oriented toward applied and practicing anthropology. Comparable to ABA's applied work with the Federal Public Ministry and its journal Vibrant.

Regional players

• Associação Brasileira de Ciência Política: ABCP is the Brazilian political science association and a partner of ABA in the 2018 PFDC cooperation on education-professional harassment. Comparable to ABA as a Brazilian disciplinary scholarly association with conferences and journals.
• Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais: ANPOCS is the Brazilian national association for graduate programs in social sciences, co-signing the 2018 agreement with PFDC to monitor education-professional harassment alongside ABA. Peer as a Brazilian disciplinary association for social-science researchers.

Broad incumbents

• Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência: SBPC is the umbrella Brazilian scientific society promoting science across all disciplines, with prior ABA presidents serving on its scientific council. Comparable as a broader Brazilian scholarly membership body with overlapping leadership and advocacy missions.
• Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales: CLACSO is a Latin American social-science network that includes Brazil and publishes books and journals with regional anthropological content. Comparable to ABA as a regional social-science publisher and convening body serving the same Latin American audience.

Emerging players

• World Council of Anthropological Associations: WCAA is the global network of national anthropology associations established in Brazil (Recife, 2004) and of which ABA is a member. Comparable as an ecosystem-level network for national anthropology bodies that ABA both participates in and helped create.
• International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences: IUAES is the global anthropological union that hosted the 2018 World Congress in Brazil via ABA. While broader and global in scope, it overlaps directly with ABA's convening, advocacy, and journal-publishing mission at the international level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/novosdebates
• YouTubeyoutube.com/tvaba
• Facebookfacebook.com/novosdebates
• Instagraminstagram.com/novosdebates
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-brasileira-de-antropologia

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