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.
Sincerity Versus Self-Expression: Modern Creative Agency and the Materiality of Semiotic Forms: Supplemental Material
Author's CommentsMy interest in the anthropology of creativity emerged out of my own personal biography as a violin player trained in the classical Western musi... More
Making Pigs Local: Discerning the Sensory Character of Place: Supplemental Material
Interview With the Author... More
The Modernity of Manual Reproduction: Soviet Propaganda and the Creative Life of Ideology: Supplemental Material
Interview With the AuthorRyan James: Your paper illustrates how, contrary to common assumptions, propaganda and ideology in the Soviet state were not complete, ... More
“Somehow it Happened”: Violence, Culpability, and the Hindu Nationalist Community: Supplemental Material
Interview With the AuthorSwargajyoti Gohain: What led you to your interest in the anthropology of violence?Ruchi Chaturvedi: My interest in violence grew out of... More
Inhabiting Ocular Ground: Kinshasa's Future in the Light of Congo's Spectral Urban Politics: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the May 2011 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Filip De Boeck examines the Congolese government’s plans for the future of Kinshasa in light o... More
Re-Visioning Latin American Studies: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn their jointly authored essay, “Re-visioning Latin American Studies,” which appears in the May 2011 edition of Cultural Anthropology, Sonia ... More
Here Come the Anthros (Again): The Strange Marriage of Anthropology and Native America: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published a number of essays on Native American indigenity, including Jessica Cattelino's “The Double Bind of Amer... More
But Do Not Identify as Gay: A Proleptic Genealogy of the MSM Category: Supplemental Material
Editorial Overview“Has anyone ever existed who thinks of himself in such terms- for example, ‘Hello, I’m a Man Who Has Sex With Men?’” -Simon Watney, 1994In the... More
The Bellwether Ewe: Recent Developments in Ethnographic Filmmaking and the Aesthetics of Anthropological Inquiry: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn this issue of Cultural Anthropology, Anna Grimshaw’s article examines what she coins “the recent aesthetic turn” in ethnographic film. She ... More
Tales From Albarado: The Materiality of Pyramid Schemes in Postsocialist Albania: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of essays on post-socialism, including Dominic Boyer and Alexei Yurchak "American Stiob: What La... More