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.
Modes of Encountering the Survivor of Violence
It is not uncommon for anthropologists to encounter talk of “the invisible” or “the unspeakable” in contexts of sexual violence and rape around the globe, espec... More
John Hartigan on Race, Genomics, and Biology
In this episode of AnthroPod, John Hartigan, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, talks about his work on ... More
Ethnography in the Way of Theory: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published numerous articles on innovative approaches ethnographic research, theory, and writing, including: Anand ... More
Rethinking Public Anthropology Through Epistemic Politics and Theoretical Practice: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published many articles on activism and social movements, including Kregg Hetherington’s “Beans Before the Law: Kn... More
Why Ethnography Matters: On Anthropology and Its Publics: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published a number of essays that reflect on the uses and futures of ethnographic knowledge, including George Mar... More
A Case of Cultural Misunderstanding: French Anthropology in a Comparative Perspective: Supplemental Material
About the Author Vincent Debaene is an associate professor in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia Univesity. He received his academic tra... More
Traveling Technologies: Infrastructure, Ethical Regimes, and the Materiality of Politics in South Africa: Supplemental Material
About the Author Antina von Schnitzler is an assistant professor in the Graduate Program of International Affairs and an affiliate faculty member in the Departm... More
Governing Disaster: The Political Life of the Environment during the BP Oil Spill: Supplemental Material
Abstract This article presents an embedded analysis of how scientists and federal officials scrambled to get a handle on the deepwater blowout in the Gulf of Me... More
Human Rights As Moral Progress? A Critique: Supplemental Material
About the Author Jarrett Zigon is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Born in the U.S and ra... More
Speculative Matter: Secular Bodies, Minds, and Persons: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published articles about the secular body (see Talal Asad's "Thinking About the Secular Body, Pain, and Liberal P... More