Launched in 2012, Fieldsights has helped to catalyze the growth of nonjournal digital publishing in anthropology. Today, its various sections address diverse audiences in both textual and nontextual formats.
Fieldsights posts should not be described as “published in Cultural Anthropology.” The two publications have different tempos, review processes, and forms of credit associated with their output.
From the Journal Editors
These Fieldsights sections feature series of ten or more essays, which bring together scholars across institutions and career stages to weigh in on a shared topic. These pieces are reviewed by the editors of Cultural Anthropology.
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On and Off the Record: Ethnographic Witnessing and Accompaniment in Immigration Court
This collection brings together ethnographers engaged in court-watching, accompaniment in and beyond detained settings, expert witnessing, and collaborative doc... More
Futurismos amazónicos: Imaginarios más allá de lo humano
El dossier tiene como punto de partida la noción de futuro para ser pensada y problematizada desde diferentes enfoques teóricos y metodológicos que se orientan ... More
Dissonant Ecotones, Fractured Strata: Histories of Environmental Anthropology
These essays confront the climate crisis, and the conceptions of humanity it evokes, through the histories of environmental anthropology itself. Over time, conc... More
From the Contributing Editors
While not formally reviewed, posts in these Fieldsights sections reflect the breadth and pace of anthropological conversations today. They are edited and produced by early-career scholars in the SCA’s Contributing Editors Program.
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(Digital) Naturalists in the Anthropology Classroom
Why teach anthropology students to use naturalist methods? How could digital apps like eBird and iNaturalist contribute to learning about anthropos? How can edu... More
Auto-reflexivity and Fieldwork Safety
In 2020, Jerika Loren Heinze published a Fieldsights post for the Society for Cultural Anthropology entitled “Gauging the Toll: Auto-reflexivity, Sexual Violenc... More
Fieldwork, Writing, and Teaching China: An Interview with Yue Liao
In his article “Bitter Sweetness: Compelling Greenhouse Farming and the Inter-Mobility among Middle-Aged Farmers in North China,” Yue Liao explores the lives of... More
Collaboration Studio
The Collaboration Studio draws together content previously published in different sections of Fieldsights. It also anchors a yearlong seminar that allows Contributing Editors to work together for a fixed period of time on a topic of shared interest. Currently, the Archive of these Studios can be found under Fieldsights, “Collaborative Topics (Archive).”
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