The Council for Museum Anthropology publishes a regular column in Anthropology News, the newsletter of the American Anthropological Association. In addition to publishing news of the CMA, our CMA News column offers a space to publish the newest, most innovative work in our field online.
Contribute now!
Publish your most current, relevant work. Send your idea, half (500-700 word) or full (1000-1400 word) piece to Diana E. Marsh at: diana.e.marsh@gmail.com
CMA news columns have rolling acceptance and will be published online approximately two weeks after final submission.
For the 2016–2017 year, we especially welcome submissions on the following topics:
- museum anthropology and the public (especially activism/current events)
- current exhibitions (reviews or curatorial perspectives)
- teaching and methods
- curatorial conundrums (e.g. difficult heritage/the “interrogative” museum)
- collaboration
- student work
Submissions must be received by e-mail in Microsoft Word or other standard text format. Authors may submit up to three images as separate files. Credit or caption text should be submitted as part of the text document. Authors must also provide their name, title, institution, and a short, one- to two-sentence bio to be included with their piece.
Submissions must be no longer than the specified word limit (700 for half pieces, 1000 for full), including title, photo captions, and bio.
Our CMA publications can be found through the Section News tab of the
Anthropology News website.
Recent open-access topical CMA columns include:
Awkward Objects of Genocide, Erica Lehrer, Roma Sendyka, Magdalena Zych, Wojciech Wilczyk, February 2017
Displayed, Not Played, Zeke Leonard and Emily Stokes-Rees, February 2017
Ephemeral Encounters and Material Evidence, Margaret Bruchac
November 2016
Digitizing Endangered Languages and Recovering Voices at the Smithsonian, Jeanine Nault
August 2016
Curating Gathering Voices, Lynnette Regouby & Diana E. Marsh
June 2016
Past Columns
All of CMA’s past columns are archived at AnthroSource by issue in Anthropology News, which is accessible to AAA members. These include:
Unfathomable Attachments to Amerindian Patrimony, Lise Puyo
July 2014
Art or Patrimony? Indigenous Objects in the International Art Market, Margaret Bruchac
April 2013
Digital Repatriation in the Field of Indigenous Anthropology, Timothy Powell
October 2011
International Museum Repatriation: Issues in the News, Margaret Bruchac
May 2011
Answering a Grand Challenge by Transforming Access to Museum Collections, Alex W. Barker
March 2011
Ownership, Representation, and Repatriation, Margaret Bruchac
March 2010
Increasing the Relevance of Museum Anthropology, Alex W. Barker
February 2010
Museums, Antiquities, and the Ethics of Cultural Property, Alex W. Barker
October 2009
Obama Provides New Meaning for the Term “Stimulus Package,” Stephen E. Nash
May 2009
Painting a New Black Leggings Tipi: Public Art and Community Discourse, Daniel C. Swan
March 2009
Training in Collections Research Methods, Candace Greene
January 2009
A New Era for Native Arts at a New Denver Art Museum
Joyce Herold
