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.

How to Submit

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

Behind the Screens: Anand Pandian

Visual and New Media Review

Behind the Screens: Anand Pandian

It’s been a while, but I’m happy to finally publish this third post of the Visual and New Media Review video blog, Behind the Screens. The blog highlights the... More

National Economies, Performativity, and Failure: An Interview with Hannah Appel

Supplementals

National Economies, Performativity, and Failure: An Interview with Hannah Appel

Tariq Rahman: What initially drew you to the social studies of finance literature, and particularly to ideas around performativity? What analytical and/or polit... More

Drone: Anthropology, Poetry, Military

AnthroPod

Drone: Anthropology, Poetry, Military

This episode of AnthroPod is about the representation of drone warfare, as told from the perspective of an anthropologist (Hugh Gusterson), a poet (Kim Garcia),... More

Complicating Care: An Interview with Paolo Bocci

Supplementals

Complicating Care: An Interview with Paolo Bocci

Ashley Elizabeth Drake and Adhann Iwashita: What brought you to research in the Galápagos, and to the worldings around Proyecto Isabela (PI)? Paolo Bocci: Afte... More

Pedagogical Soundings: Teaching about Scientific Racism

Teaching Tools

Pedagogical Soundings: Teaching about Scientific Racism

We are excited to announce a collaboration between Contributing Editors working on the AnthroPod and Teaching Tools sections of the Cultural Anthropology websit... More

AnthroBites: Scientific Racism

AnthroPod

AnthroBites: Scientific Racism

AnthroBites is a new series from the AnthroPod team, designed to make anthropology more digestible. Each episode tackles a key concept, text, or theme, and brea... More

Creative Criticism: Sound and Listening in Sensory Documentary

Visual and New Media Review

Creative Criticism: Sound and Listening in Sensory Documentary

The Visual and New Media Review section of the Cultural Anthropology website is pleased to announce a new series, Creative Criticism, which will give space to... More

Teaching With Digital Technology: Online Classes

Teaching Tools

Teaching With Digital Technology: Online Classes

In our most recent post in the “Teaching with Digital Technology” series, Venera Khalikova outlined options for enhancing our teaching in face-to-face classroom... More

Ethnography and Design 3: Labor in the Gig Economy

AnthroPod

Ethnography and Design 3: Labor in the Gig Economy

This AnthroPod episode is the last in a three-part series on the intersection of ethnography and design. The series was inspired by the conference “Ethnography ... More

Commitment, Citation, and Context: An Interview with Bharat Jayram Venkat

Supplementals

Commitment, Citation, and Context: An Interview with Bharat Jayram Venkat

Venera Khalikova and Ned Dostaler: In your article, you articulate a particular mode of ethical reasoning called hierarchical subsumption, which “works to recon... More