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.
Excelente Zona Social: Supplemental Material
Questions for Classroom Discussion1. Why do you think Taussig titles this piece “Excelente Zona Social,” which translates roughly as “excellent social area” (or... More
Ethnography Is, Ethnography Ain't: Supplemental Material
Questions for Classroom Discussion1. When communities, such as the AHIJ in Jackson's article, take their representation into their own hands by developing sophi... More
The Legacies of Writing Culture and the Near Future of the Ethnographic Form: A Sketch: Supplemental Material
Related ReadingFischer, Michael M. J. 2009. Anthropological Futures. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.Matsutake Worlds Research Group. 2009. "A New Form of Col... More
Feeling Historical: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn this reflective essay, James Clifford revisits Writing Culture - a seminal anthropological text published in 1986, which helped to bring qu... More
Ethnography in Late Industrialism: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of essays that reflect on the uses and futures of ethnographic knowledge, including George Marcu... More
Scientific Sovereignty: How International Drug Donation Programs Reshape Health, Disease, and the State: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of articles on biomedical regimes, including Angela Garcia’s "The Elegiac Addict: History, Chron... More
Kinky Empiricism: Supplemental Material
Editors' FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published numerous articles on ethics and reflexivity in anthropological research including George Marcus's "The End... More
The Headless Horseman of Central India: Sovereignty at Varying Thresholds of Life: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published several excellent essays on theories of culture, sovereignty, subalternity, and religious and secular mod... More
The Unbearable Lightness of Expats: Double Binds of Humanitarian Mobility: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of articles on NGOs, including Michael Hathaway’s “The Emergence of Indigeneity: Public Intellec... More
The Semiotics of Security: Infectious Disease Research and the Biopolitics of Informational Bodies in the United States: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of articles on security, including Celia Lowe’s “Viral Clouds: Becoming H5N1 in Indonesia” (2010... More