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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Questions and proposals for guest posts can be sent to the relevant section editor.

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

The Tragi-Comedy of the Wrestlers’ World: An Interview with Gregory Hollin

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The Tragi-Comedy of the Wrestlers’ World: An Interview with Gregory Hollin

Following Gregory Hollin's article, our interview further explores the wrestler’s world and its synecdochical, if not allegorical, connections to the contempora... More

Teaching Ecological Distress

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Teaching Ecological Distress

This collection is compiled by the Ecological Distress Collective, hosted at SOAS Anthropology. Introduction In recent years, the medical and psychological scie... More

What Teaching Economics Taught Me about Teaching Anthropology

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What Teaching Economics Taught Me about Teaching Anthropology

It's normal to be nervous before the first day of classes, especially if it's your first time teaching at a particular institution. It's especially normal to be... More

Abolitionist Pedagogies

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Abolitionist Pedagogies

What might it mean to seriously prioritize anti-carceral liberation from within anthropology classrooms? This is the question that inspired our “Abolitionist Pe... More

Paradoxical Recognition and Solidarity: An Interview with Fiori Berhane

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Paradoxical Recognition and Solidarity: An Interview with Fiori Berhane

In the following author interview, Fiori Berhane reflects on what she calls the “paradox of humanitarian recognition” among the Eritrean community she works wi... More

Grinding the Soul: An Interview with EuyRyung Jun

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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

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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

AAA  2023—Conversations with Harsha Walia, Part Two: Anthropologists

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AAA 2023—Conversations with Harsha Walia, Part Two: Anthropologists

The second episode of our two-part mini-series, showcases a roundtable discussion held at the 2023 American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) Annual meeting i... More

AAA 2023—Conversations with Harsha Walia, Part One: Migrant Workers

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AAA 2023—Conversations with Harsha Walia, Part One: Migrant Workers

A discussion featuring Harsha Walia, alongside community organizers and migrant workers representing Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC), took place at t... More