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.
Screening Room: Phantom Foreign Vienna
Once again, thanks for taking part in our Screening Room series. We hope you were able to enjoy the film! Phantom Foreign Vienna has been taken down, but this ... More
Worlding with the Body
In this episode of AnthroPod we return again to the annual American Anthropological Association meeting, held in Chicago in November 2013. Showcasing the Societ... More
Conversations on Right-Wing Activists, Algorithms, PTSD, and Drug Replacement Therapy
For this episode of AnthroPod, we bring you four interviews of anthropologists who gave papers at the annual American Anthropological Association meeting that w... More
Mediations Between Life and Death: A Review of Homegoings
Homegoings, a documentary directed by Christine Turner, is an exploration of African American funerary practices through the portrait of a man who dedicated h... More
Modes of Encountering the Survivor of Violence
It is not uncommon for anthropologists to encounter talk of “the invisible” or “the unspeakable” in contexts of sexual violence and rape around the globe, espec... More
John Hartigan on Race, Genomics, and Biology
In this episode of AnthroPod, John Hartigan, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, talks about his work on ... More
A Case of Cultural Misunderstanding: French Anthropology in a Comparative Perspective: Supplemental Material
About the Author Vincent Debaene is an associate professor in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia Univesity. He received his academic tra... More
Why Ethnography Matters: On Anthropology and Its Publics: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published a number of essays that reflect on the uses and futures of ethnographic knowledge, including George Mar... More
Rethinking Public Anthropology Through Epistemic Politics and Theoretical Practice: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published many articles on activism and social movements, including Kregg Hetherington’s “Beans Before the Law: Kn... More
Tolerated Encroachment: Resettlement Policies and the Negotiation of the Licit/Illicit Divide in an Indian Metropolis: Supplemental Material
About the Author Ursula Rao is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute of Anthropology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Her research focus... More