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.
Economy of Words: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the August 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Douglas R. Holmes analyzes the linguistic and communicative processes employed by central b... More
Inscribing Subjects to Citizenship: Petitions, Literacy Activism, and the Performativity of Signature in Rural Tamil India: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the August, 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Francis Cody describes the reshaping of political communication in rural southern India th... More
Mediating Kinship: Country, Family, and Radio in Northern Australia: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the May 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Daniel Fisher discusses the performative, mediated interweaving of speech, song, and kinship o... More
Dislocating Sound: The Deterritorialization of Indonesian Indie Pop: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the February, 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Brent Luvaas follows the Indonesian indie band “Mocca” as they struggle to shed traditio... More
Stories and Cosmogonies: Imagining Creativity Beyond "Nature" and "Culture": Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the May 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Stuart McLean explores a fundamental question shared by anthropology, literature, and science:... More
Potato Ontology: Surviving Postsocialism in Russia: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn the May, 2009 issue of Cultural Anthropology, Nancy Ries examines the role of the potato in postsocialist Russia, looking beyond the potato... More
The Songs of the Siren: Engineering National Time on Israeli Radio: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewHow have modern media transformed the expanse and meaning of ritual? How do these media rituals influence identity? Can the modern nation be u... More
Spiritual Economies: Islam and Neoliberalism in Contemporary Indonesia: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of other essays on neoliberalism and subjectivity. See, for example, Aradhana Sharma's "Crossbre... More
The Face of Money: Currency, Crisis, and Remediation in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesA number of essays on money and currency have appeared over the years in Cultural Anthropology. See, for example, Oren Kosansky's "Tourism, C... More
Fathers, Sons, and the State: Discipline and Punishment in a Wolof Hinterland: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published many essays on youth in Africa. See Danny Hoffman’s essay “The City as Barracks: Freetown, Monrovia, and ... More