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.

Musings on Teaching Social Science to Art and Design Students

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Musings on Teaching Social Science to Art and Design Students

I am a sociologist by training, and I have been on the faculty of an art and design college in the southern part of India since 2017. My doctoral research sough... More

When Busier is Not Better: An Interview with Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela

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When Busier is Not Better: An Interview with Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela

Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela's well-written and thought-provoking paper addresses dead on the question of temporal regulation, establishing a departure from the ... More

Hengdian Dreaming

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Hengdian Dreaming

“Another astounding merit of the cinematograph is that it multiplies and immensely softens the play of temporal perspective, training the mind for a gymnastics ... More

What Does Anthropology Sound Like: Podcasts

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What Does Anthropology Sound Like: Podcasts

Anthropology can be presented in various forms—what does it mean to share anthropology through podcasts? In the latest episode in the What Does Anthropology Sou... More

Review Forum on Writing with Light Magazine's Issue No. 1: Photography & Forensics

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Review Forum on Writing with Light Magazine's Issue No. 1: Photography & Forensics

Before it was the subject of medical and, thereafter, forensic scrutiny, the body had long been a locus of image-making practices. Such a reminder—more so than ... More

“Without Professor Microphones”: A Reminder to Have More Fun

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“Without Professor Microphones”: A Reminder to Have More Fun

Palestinian cyclists in the West Bank and East Jerusalem claim their right to exist and move freely through their occupied homeland by riding their bikes. They ... More

Ethnographic Photography : An Interview with Camilo Leon-Quijano / Ethnographie Photographique: Entretien avec Camilo Leon-Quijano

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Ethnographic Photography : An Interview with Camilo Leon-Quijano / Ethnographie Photographique: Entretien avec Camilo Leon-Quijano

(Avec traduction en français) Camilo Leon-Quijano’s “Why do ‘Good’ Pictures Matter in Anthropology?” explores the ethnographic use of photography and visual rep... More

Disruptive Discomforts and Irreparable Returns: Reflexive Accounts on Ethnographic Guilt, Power, and Powerlessness

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Disruptive Discomforts and Irreparable Returns: Reflexive Accounts on Ethnographic Guilt, Power, and Powerlessness

"What transforms the process of ethnography endowing it with its thing-like, modal character as an ethnography? What is the ethnographic case expected to achiev... More

Temporalities of Caregiving: Destiny and Future-Making in the Lives of Muslim Women in India

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Temporalities of Caregiving: Destiny and Future-Making in the Lives of Muslim Women in India

Twenty-year-old Nadia, a pious Muslim woman from Patna’s impoverished neighborhood of Phulwari Sharif, graduated from an Islamic school in 2016. Following her h... More

Anthropology Conferencing in Hybrid Space

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Anthropology Conferencing in Hybrid Space

In early June 2022, the Society for Cultural Anthropology and the Society for Visual Anthropology held their biennial conference. Called the “Virtual Otherwise,... More