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Who Is Ethnography For?: An Interview with Lachlan Summers

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Who Is Ethnography For?: An Interview with Lachlan Summers

In this interview, Lachlan Summers reflects on the craft of his article and offers a compelling critique of liberal tendencies and imaginaries in contemporary a... More

Vocabulario para la experimentación etnográfica

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Vocabulario para la experimentación etnográfica

Este foro sitúa la experimentación como un impulso creciente en antropología que desborda la escritura permeando el análisis, el trabajo de campo, la teorizació... More

On ‘Indifference’: A Conversation with Naisargi Davé

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On ‘Indifference’: A Conversation with Naisargi Davé

Naisargi N. Davé won the 2024 Gregory Bateson Book Prize for her book, Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being. In awarding the prize, the Society for... More

Discarded Candidates: An Interview with Dr. Tanya Jakimow

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Discarded Candidates: An Interview with Dr. Tanya Jakimow

In her article “Discarded Candidates: Waste as Metaphor in Local Government Elections in Australia (and Elsewhere),” Tanya Jakimow explores Australian electoral... More

Cultural Anthropology

In this issue, we present seven original papers with ethnographic insights into topics ranging from hospitality, debt, and refusal across African, Asian, and North American geographies.

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Join Our Team: Call for New Contributing Editors

Are you looking for a writing endeavor beyond your dissertation, final essays, and grant applications? Looking for a collective of inspired anthropologists to r... More

2025 Cultural Horizons Prize: Call for Jury Members

The Cultural Horizons Prize, awarded yearly by a jury of advanced doctoral students, honors an article appearing in Cultural Anthropology during the preceding y... More

The 2025 Gregory Bateson Book Prize: Nomination Guidelines

The Gregory Bateson Book Prize is awarded each year by the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA), one of the largest sections of the American Anthropological ... More