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.
The Museum of Resilence: Raising a Sympathetic Public in Post-Welfare Chicago: Supplemental Material
Editorial Footnotes Cultural Anthropology has published a number of number articles on the built environment, including Donald S. Moore’s ‘Subaltern Struggles a... More
The Aquatic Invader: Marine Management Figuring Fishermen, Fisheries, and Lionfish in The Bahamas: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn this engaging narrative, Amelia Moore uses the invasive and exotic lionfish as a way to study how marine conservation management frames the... More
No One Wants To Be the Candy Man: Ambivalent Medicalization and Clinician Subjectivity in Pain Management: Supplemental Material
Interview With the Authors1. Your examination of the medicalization of pain took place at VA hospitals. These insitutions service individuals whose pain (and po... More
Anthropology and Fiction: An Interview with Amitav Ghosh: Supplemental Material
Cultural Anthropology has published a number of essays about anthropology and literature, including "Bombay Talkies, the Word, and the World: Salman Rushdie's S... More
Feeling Historical: Supplemental Material
Editorial OverviewIn this reflective essay, James Clifford revisits Writing Culture - a seminal anthropological text published in 1986, which helped to bring qu... More
The Legacies of Writing Culture and the Near Future of the Ethnographic Form: A Sketch: Supplemental Material
Related ReadingFischer, Michael M. J. 2009. Anthropological Futures. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.Matsutake Worlds Research Group. 2009. "A New Form of Col... More
Ethnography Is, Ethnography Ain't: Supplemental Material
Questions for Classroom Discussion1. When communities, such as the AHIJ in Jackson's article, take their representation into their own hands by developing sophi... More
Excelente Zona Social: Supplemental Material
Questions for Classroom Discussion1. Why do you think Taussig titles this piece “Excelente Zona Social,” which translates roughly as “excellent social area” (or... More
Ethnography in Late Industrialism: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of essays that reflect on the uses and futures of ethnographic knowledge, including George Marcu... More