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.
Teaching Refusal
The collection brings together four researchers working on the topic of refusal, which they seek to theorize as “an ethnographic, as well as political, concept.... More
On Roads: A Review Letter
Munich, January 2016 Dear Penny and Hannah, We recently had the pleasure of reading your new book Roads: An Anthropology of Infrastructure and Expertise. The oc... More
Reflecting on the Scholar-in-Residence Program: An Interview with Angela Jenks
Over the past six months, the Teaching Tools section of the Cultural Anthropology website has been proud to host Angela Jenks as our inaugural Scholar-in-Reside... More
Collaboration
collaboration, n. Pronunciation: /kəˌlabəˈreɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action, < Latin collabōrāre to collaborate v.: probably immediately < French. 1. Uni... More
Preparing Your Teaching Demonstration
A teaching demonstration is one of the most important parts of a job interview at a teaching-focused university, small liberal arts college, or community colleg... More
Biographies of Taste: Teaching Humanitarian Food Aid with Micah M. Trapp
Micah M. Trapp is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Memphis. Using Trapp’s article as a jumping-off point, this Teac... More
Demanding to Be Seen: An Interview with Lisa Poggiali
Andrés García Molina (AGM) and Franziska Weidle (FW): To begin, could you tell us more about how you developed a working relationship with the Muhimu Mapping Pr... More
Refusal as Ethnographic Concept: An Interview with Carole McGranahan, Elisa Sobo, and Erica Weiss
Charles A. McDonald: Could you tell our readers a bit about how this collection came together? Was refusal already a concept or an analytic that you were all le... More
Why Don't Students Read?
I once dismissed a class because no one had done the reading. I was teaching a lower-division course called “Peoples and Cultures of Africa,” and for two weeks ... More
Bodies, Environments, Inheritances: An Interview with Janelle Lamoreaux
Charlie Lotterman: To start off our conversation, can you situate this article within your own personal and academic history? What concerns did it grow out of, ... More