While not formally reviewed, posts in these Fieldsights sections reflect the breadth and pace of anthropological conversations today. Many of them are written by early-career scholars in the SCA's Contributing Editors Program.
What Are You Reading? Responses to the Election and Inauguration
Like many anthropologists, we responded to this postelection moment by turning to books. But confronted by the long lists of readings in crowdsourced syllabi, w... More
Environmental Data, Guerrilla Archiving, and the Trump Transition
Many of Donald Trump’s disinformation tactics go in two related directions: grandiose promises to rally his base, and trolling or decoy statements meant to inci... More
Outer Space Trilogy 1: Haircuts and Billionaires
This is the first episode in a special AnthroPod trilogy highlighting three anthropologists of outer space and coauthors of “Relational Space: An Earthly Instal... More
Working with Uncertainty: An Interview with Limor Samimian-Darash
Ned Dostaler: When did you first learn about the Turning Point scenario-based exercises that you describe in your article, and why did you decide to take them u... More
Engaging with Inequality and Affective States: A Review of Culture at Large 2016
Engaging with Inequality and Affective States Organizer: Laura Bear (London School of Economics) Featured Guest: Javier Auyero (University of Texas at Austin) D... More
Teaching Queer Anthropology
This Teaching Tools post presents strategies for teaching the collection and putting it into dialogue with other texts, as well as connecting students with scho... More
Election’s Reverb: An Interview with Stefan Helmreich
Andrés García Molina (AGM) and Julien Cossette (JC): The inaugural Sound + Vision section of Cultural Anthropology appeared in the midst of a long-in-the-making... More
The Chemical Refrain: An #AmAnth2016 Panel Review
The Chemical RefrainChair: Eben Kirksey (University of New South Wales). Presenters: Nicholas Shapiro (Chemical Heritage Foundation), Jason Pine (Purchase Colle... More
To Make Ends Possible Again: An Interview with Eli Thorkelson
Atreyee Majumder: Let me start by picking your brain on the notion of stubbornness. The anthropology of affect has straddled many emotions and their political m... More
The Shattered Echo Chamber: Experiences of #AmAnth2016 in the Wake of the Election
As anthropologists convened for the 2016 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, just one week after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential ... More