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, section news offers a space to publish the newest, most innovative work in our field online.
We currently have an open call for proposals for both Anthropology News and the Museum Anthropology Blog. Download our CFP here.
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By: Jen Shannon, Curator & Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at University Colorado Boulder I am a museum curator and associate professor in anthropology and
Publish your most current, relevant work. Contributing authors must be CMA members.
Essays (think of these as magazine-style anthropology stories), photo essays, or interviews grounded in interesting research or current events or debates within the discipline—related to the section’s area of expertise.
Send your pitch to Anthropology News section editor: Catherine Nichols (cnichols@luc.edu)
Anthropology News has quarterly deadlines for section news submissions. For the 2021 – 2022 year, we especially welcome submissions on the following topics:
Submissions must be received by the section co-editors via e-mail in Microsoft Word or other standard text format. Images should be sent as separate files, with appropriate permissions. Captions and image descriptions 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 including title, photo captions, and bio.
Our CMA publications can be found through the Section News tab of the Anthropology News website, and here.