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.

Of Absences, Escapes, and Evasions in/from Incarceration: An Interview with David C. Thompson

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Of Absences, Escapes, and Evasions in/from Incarceration: An Interview with David C. Thompson

In his article, “Evasion: Escapes and the Predicament of Incarceration in Rio de Janeiro,” David C. Thompson focuses on evasion from prison custody in Brazilian... More

Unbounding Bureaucracies: A Conversation with Matthew S. Hull

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Unbounding Bureaucracies: A Conversation with Matthew S. Hull

Matthew S. Hull's article on the effects of bringing a corporate call center into the bureaucratic operations of the Punjab police offers a new perspective on t... More

Un/tracing Empire: Pollinations between the Poetic and Ethnographic

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Un/tracing Empire: Pollinations between the Poetic and Ethnographic

“Un/tracing Empire: Pollinations between the Poetic and Ethnographic” was convened as a reading and workshop group of anthropologists with a commitment to poeti... More

Active Pedagogy, Collaborative Research, and Zine Making

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Active Pedagogy, Collaborative Research, and Zine Making

In a 2020 post, Gökçe Günel, Saiba Varma, and Chika Watanabe reflected on the fragmentation, precariousness, and new ways of being that unfolded during the pand... More

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