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.
The Sociopolitical Lives of Dead Bodies: Tibetan Self-Immolation Protest as Mass Media: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has previously examined the issue of self-immolation as protest in Tibet in a 2012 Hot Spots series, which featured twe... More
“Where there is fire, there is politics”: Ungovernability and Material Life in Urban South Africa: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of articles on material politics, including Antina von Schnitzler’s “Traveling Technologies: Inf... More
Attuning to the Chemosphere: Domestic Formaldehyde, Bodily Reasoning, and the Chemical Sublime: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published numerous articles on the body and embodiment, including Thomas Csordas’ seminal article “Somatic Modes of... More
Publishing Otherwise
Earlier this summer, the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA) announced my appointment as the next managing editor of Cultural Anthropology. As an anthropolo... More
Kevin Lewis O'Neill: An Interview with the Winner of the 2014 Cultural Horizons Prize
In the June 2015 installment of AnthroPod, we speak with Kevin Lewis O'Neill, the winner of the 2014 Cultural Horizons Prize for his essay, "Left Behind: Securi... More
Roundtable Report: Who Needs Visual Anthropology?
Cineblend: 25 Years of Beeld voor Beeld. Who Needs Visual Anthropology? De Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, February 15, 2015... More
Teaching Representations of Islam in the Media
Learning Outcomes After this lesson, students will: Have an understanding of the different ways in which Western mass media content shapes our view of Islam.Hav... More
Teaching Embodiment through Technology
This three-hour class is intended to be modular: it is broken into three one-hour units (Embodiment, Technology, and the Case Study) that are designed to fit wi... More
The Tragic Denouement of English Sociality: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnoteCultural Anthropology has published articles that examine the intersection between new media, digital lives, and culture, including Teri Silvi... More
The Currency of Failure: Money and Middle-Class Critique in Post-Crisis Buenos Aires: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published several articles on studies on the anthropology of money, value, and circulation including Virginia Domin... More