American Anthropologist

Out now: the June issue of American Anthropologist! It features five research articles, a special section on autoethnography, and a vital topics forum on anthropology in the 21st century. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481433/2…

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles so far this year! Next is "Ethnographic methods: Training norms and practices and the future of American anthropology" #OpenAccess #Anthropology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles so far this year! Next is "Writing in community: Relationship building and accountability in knowledge production" #OpenAccess #Anthropology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles so far this year! Next is Tine M. Gammeltoft's "Calibrating care: Family caregiving and the social weight of sympathy (tình cảm) in Vietnam" #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/aman.1…

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles fso far this year! First up is Alpa Shah's "When decolonization is hijacked" #OpenAccess #Anthropology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

Just in time for the weekend! Check out our new #OpenAccess article, "Battle in the Clouds," by Amy Moran-Thomas. #Anthropology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

New article! Check out "Braided Storytelling as a Method in Archaeology: Reimagining the Sugpiaq Past Through Story" by Hollis K. Miller, Allison Pestrikoff, and Tamara Swenson. #anthropology #archaeology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

In case you missed it, check out our Vital Topics Forum "Ethnographies of a Dying Discipline: Anthropology in the 21st Century" #Anthropology anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.111…

Check out our new #OpenAccess article, "Old Bones in New Databases: Historical Insights Into Race, Statistics, and Ancestry Estimation in Anthropology," by Iris Clever and Lisette Jong. #Anthropology #HistoryOfScience anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

Don't miss our latest year-in-review article, "Chronic Erasure: Eradicating Heritage in Gaza and Ayodhya," by Mazen Iwaisi, Jamal Barghouth, Ashish Avikunthak, and Brian Boyd! #Anthropology #YearInReview anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

New open-access article! "Toward an Ethnography of God" by Amira Mittermaier doi.org/10.1111/aman.2… #Anthropology #OpenAccess

New article! "Unsettling Production: Affective Geographies of Contested Commodities in Sápmi" by Natalia Magnani and Matthew Magnani. doi.org/10.1111/aman.2… #anthropology

New special section on "Mother Tongue as Global Politics" anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.111… This collection traces the links among collective national identities, individuated personhood, and the denotational codes that get made to refract language-community attentions.

Just published: "Compression-Expansion: Miniaturization, Modularity, and Logistics Beyond Earth." Open access with @AmAnthroJournal. (1/5) 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aman.2… #anthrotwitter #ethnography #outerspace #STS

In @AmAnthroJournal, an 18-month study of how and when Turkish police use force, by Hayal Akarsu, shows that standardizing how much force is allowable does not prevent physical violence against the public.

In @AmAnthroJournal, Carol Chan’s examination of networks of migrant women in Chile finds that these relationships provide support and information but also conflict and competition.

New Article Alert! Read our latest year-in-review article, "Chronic Erasure: Eradicating Heritage in Gaza and Ayodhya," by Mazen Iwaisi, Jamal Barghouth, Ashish Avikunthak, and Brian Boyd anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

"Jina (Mahsa) Amini’s brutal death gave birth to the largest uprising in Iran since the 1979 revolution. ... Time was condensed, in the way revolutionary times are. Decades passed within a few weeks. There was a leap in consciousness." #OpenAccess americananthropologist.org/online-content…

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"A sharp intake of breath and then "Don't put this in your book"...A subtle shift in posture, affect, tone and then "You need to hear this, but you didn't hear it from me." Read now the new #FreeToRead Fieldwork Confessionals in our latest issue! anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…