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.
Viral Clouds: Becoming H5N1 in Indonesia: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of essays on social and political crisis in Indonesia. See, for example, Karen Strassler's “The ... More
Ecologies of Empire: On the New Uses of the Honeybee: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published other essays on militarization and its cultural and technological effects. See, for example, Joseph Masco... More
Gleanings from a Para-Site: The Multispecies Salon II
Visitors to The Multispecies Salon II at the 2008 meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in San Francisco could hear the twitter of live coc... More
Thoughts for a World of Poaching
What does it mean to “poach” another person’s paper, especially an unpublished one? We tend to rely on an individualistic model of innovation in anthropology, a... More
Prendas-Ngangas-Enquisos: Turbulence and the Influence of the Dead in Cuban Kongo Material Culture: Supplemental Material
Questions for Classroom Discussion1. What is the difference between realism and materialism?2. Why should “the influence generated in prendas-ngangas-enquisos” ... More
The Cross Politics of Ecuador's Penal State: Supplemental Material
Interview with the AuthorThis Fall, Chris Garces, author of "The Cross Politics of Ecuador's Penal State," agreed to answer a few questions from CA intern Rober... More
Remains: to be Seen. Third Encounter between State and "Customary" in Northern Mozambique: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of essays on neoliberalism in Africa. See, for example, Julie Livingston's "Suicide, Risk, and I... More
The Emergence of Indigeneity: Public Intellectuals and an Indigenous Space in Southwest China: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published many essays on China, including Shao Jing’s “Fluid Labor and Blood Money: The Economy of HIV/AIDS in Rura... More
Indigenous Cosmopolitics in the Andes: Conceptual Reflections Beyond "Politics": Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published many essays on politics in Latin America. See, for example, Thomas Pearson’s “On the Trail of Living Modi... More
American Stiob: Or, What Late-Socialist Aesthetics of Parody Reveal about Contemporary Political Culture in the West: Supplemental Material
Editorial FootnotesCultural Anthropology has published a number of essays on U.S. political culture. See, for example Joseph Masco's “"Survival is Your Business... More