American Anthropologist

May 2019 Issue Out Now

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019American Anthropologist Issues

This issue features eight research articles, four year-in-review articles, a Vital Topics Forum on diversity in biological anthropology, twelve book reviews, and more!

Anthropological Airwaves: Decolonizing Museums in Practice, Part 3

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019Podcast

In this follow-up to our two-part special feature on the 2018 Museum Ethnographer's Group conference "Decolonizing the Museum in Practice," held in April of last year, we interview Dr. Wayne Modest, director of the Research Center for Material Culture.

Vital Topics Forum: How Academic Diversity Is Transforming Scientific Knowledge in Biological Anthropology

March 12, 2019Vital Topics Forum

With essays from Deborah A. Bolnick, Rick W. A. Smith, Agustín Fuentes, Robin G. Nelson, Ventura R. Pérez, Sheela Athreya, Jada Benn Torres, Alyssa C. Bader, Ripan S. Malhi, Shay-Akil McLean, Julienne N. Rutherford, Zaneta M. Thayer, Milena R. Shattuck, Stephanie L. Meredith, Christopher A. Schmitt, Claudia M. Astorino, Samantha M. Archer, Susan C. Antón, Alan Goodman, and Kim TallBear

From the Archives: The Future in our Disciplinary Past

March 6, 2019March 25, 2019From the Archives

In this series, our contributing editors reflect on a set of articles from the archives of American Anthropologist that speaks to their research interests. Here, Nandita Badami explores how anthropologists have imagined the future in their research.

Vital Topics Forum: What Happened to Social Facts?

February 25, 2019Vital Topics Forum

With contributions from Karen Ho, Jillian R. Cavanaugh, Carol J. Greenhouse, Michael Partis, Carolyn Moxley Rouse, Sherry B. Ortner, Hilary Parsons Dick, Adam Hodges, Susana Narotzky, Alexander S. Dent, Karen-Sue Taussig, and Erin Debenport.

Death and Renewal

February 21, 2019From the Editor

Read Deborah Thomas's introduction to the March 2019 issue.

March 2019 Issue Out Now!

February 19, 2019April 18, 2019American Anthropologist Issues

This issue features ten research articles, a Vital Topics Forum on "What Happened to Social Facts," an editorial from our biological anthropology section editors, a special series on "Multimodal Interventions," a special book review section, and more!