The very first form of web content to be produced by the SCA, Supplemental posts extend the reach and impact of articles published in Cultural Anthropology through author interviews, discussion questions, and other materials not included in the text of the article.
Fieldwork in the Capitalist Utopias and Financial Futures of U.S. Oil and Gas: An Interview with Mette M. High
Mette High’s Cultural Anthropology article “Utopias of Oil: Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Ambition in the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry” explores how private e... More
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
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
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
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
The Governance and (Bio)Economization of Migrant Lives: An Interview with Dr. Marthe Achtnich
This post should be read alongside the Colloquy edited by Marthe Achtnich, in particular Marthe Achtnich's two articles “Mobile Livings: On the Bioeconomies of ... More
In the Weeds: Teaching Weedy Anthropology and an Interview with Caroline E. Schuster
For this supplementals post, Janita Van Dyk and Caroline E. Schuster created a sample syllabus, which includes discussion questions, pedagogical exercises, and ... More
Thinking and Teaching Corruption, Caste, and the State with Namita Dharia
Namita Vijay Dharia’s “Embodied Urbanisms” explores the metabolic nature of corruption discourse in the context of rapid real estate development in Gurugram, In... More
Mundane Fascism and Laboring Love: An Interview with Radhika Govindrajan
Prerna Srigyan invites Radhika Govindrajan to discuss the importance and implications of bringing in the politics of loving and laboring to understand the munda... More
"Pausing...to Come Together": An Interview with Anna Eisenstein
In the following interview, Anna Eisenstein delves into the multiple dimensions at play in an ‘anthropology of pace.’ As the author elaborates on her analysis o... More