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Substitution

Theorizing the Contemporary

Substitution

Substituting one thing for another–things, people, habits–happens all the time. Substitution is so mundane that it can easily be taken for granted as a natural ... More

Grinding the Soul: An Interview with EuyRyung Jun

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Grinding the Soul: An Interview with EuyRyung Jun

In her article “Grinding the Souls: Politics of Interspecies Pity and the Labor of Care in a South Korean Animal Shelter,” EuyRyung Jun explores the gendered dy... More

Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, continued

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Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, continued

This is a continuation of the series, Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return, published on October 31. The essays in this series were written d... More

Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return

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Anthropology in a Time of Genocide: On Nakba and Return

The essays in this series were written during the summer of 2024, and may not fully address rapidly escalating violence in the region. As the essays in this ser... More

Cultural Anthropology

Established in 1986, the peer-reviewed journal of the SCA has expanded the boundaries of the discipline and brokered new engagements with adjacent fields. Committed to innovation in scholarly communication, the journal went open access in 2014.

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Open Call for New Editorial Leadership of Cultural Anthropology

We invite applications for the next editor or editors of Cultural Anthropology, the peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal of the Society for Cultural Anthr... More

Culture@Large 2024: Repression (Nov. 21)

Culture@Large: Repression Thursday, November 21st from 2:30-4:00 pm ET (Online) Speakers: Ghassan Hage (University of Melbourne), Marianna Reis (University of T... More

Call for Contributions: Restorative Relations, the 2025 SCA Biennial

Restorative Relations: An Unconference The 2025 SCA Biennial May 8-11, 2025 Stony Point Center; Stony Point, New York Submissions due by Friday, December 6, 202... More