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.
Editors’ Forum
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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Substitution
Substituting one thing for another–things, people, habits–happens all the time. Substitution is so mundane that it can easily be taken for granted as a natural ... More
Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, continued
This is a continuation of the series, Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, published on October 31. The essays in this series were written d... More
Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return
The essays in this series were written during the summer of 2024, and may not fully address rapidly escalating violence in the region. As the essays in this ser... More
Contributed Content
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.
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Detention, In Frame
For a piece on abolition, it might seem counterintuitive to start with a “frame.” A frame typically binds our view of something, rigidly limiting our attention ... More
Grinding the Soul: An Interview with EuyRyung Jun
In her article “Grinding the Souls: Politics of Interspecies Pity and the Labor of Care in a South Korean Animal Shelter,” EuyRyung Jun explores the gendered dy... More
Eyes on Florida: Community-centered Anthropology in Tampa Bay
Recently, Tampa Bay has stoked controversy among U.S. anthropologists. Facing statewide rising fascism and oppressive laws targeting historically marginalized m... 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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