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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The Protest Affect: Anti-Authoritarian Resistance and the Struggle for Freedom in Georgia
Georgia has witnessed an unprecedented persistence of resistance for more than 600 days against its government’s authoritarian turn and the unraveling of its EU... More
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
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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Making Time: A Conversation with Elliott Prasse-Freeman
Drawing on his extensive fieldwork in Burma, Elliott Prasse-Freeman reflects on the temporal strategies employed by Burmese revolutionaries in navigating cycles... More
Teaching the Anthropology of Wellbeing Amidst the Polycrisis
Wellness. Wellbeing. Happiness. The good life. These terms circulate widely on social media, in advertising campaigns and self-help books, across workplaces and... More
Economies of Consumption, Abandon, and Shifting Moral Worlds: An Interview with Peter Lockwood
In the following author interview, Peter Lockwood discusses how land and kinship intertwine, desires that interface between economies of consumption and abandon... 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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