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Another Season of War in Lebanon

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Another Season of War in Lebanon

This collection of essays illuminates the seasonality of war in Lebanon (its present and its longue durée), looking at how those who inhabit Lebanon’s many wars... More

It’s an Ordinary Game—If We Forget the Ghost: An Interview with Paolo Heywood

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It’s an Ordinary Game—If We Forget the Ghost: An Interview with Paolo Heywood

In this interview, Paolo Heywood further discusses the uneasy art of forgetting in Predappio, a town still bound to Mussolini’s shadow despite its attempts to a... More

Quantifying Vulnerability: An Interview with Malay Firoz

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Quantifying Vulnerability: An Interview with Malay Firoz

In his article, “Quantifying Vulnerability: Humanitarian Datafication and the Neophilia of Integrated Power,” Malay Firoz interrogates the increasing dataficati... More

The Case for Paying it Backward: Thanking the Teachers Who Leave Imprints

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The Case for Paying it Backward: Thanking the Teachers Who Leave Imprints

When I wrote an email thanking my mentor for her guidance as I applied to graduate school, she replied with a note of acknowledgement, but ended with the reques... More

Cultural Anthropology

Established in 1986, the peer-reviewed journal of the SCA has expanded the boundaries of the discipline and brokered new engagements with adjacent fields. Committed to innovation in scholarly communication, the journal went open access in 2014.

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The 2025 Gregory Bateson Book Prize: Nomination Guidelines

The Gregory Bateson Book Prize is awarded each year by the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA), one of the largest sections of the American Anthropological ... More

Join Us for the 2025 SCA Biennial, Restorative Relations

Please Note: Registration for those seeking on-site accommodation will close on April 24th, and registration for day participants (with meals included) will clo... More

Naisargi Davé Awarded the 2024 Gregory Bateson Book Prize

The Gregory Bateson Book Prize is awarded by the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA), the largest section of the American Anthropological Association. Named... More