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      The Anthropology Book Forum publishes a broad range of conversations focused on discussing and evaluating newly published work relevant to anthropological audiences, broadly conceived.

 

 

    


                        
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      The Anthropology Book Forum will be at the AAAs this year in New Orleans
    


                        
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      Specters of Academia: Demystifying the Book Publishing Process

This roundtable brings together editors from leading anthropology presses to offer insights into the monograph publishing process. Designed for early-career researchers, the session will offer guidance on the steps involved in transforming a dissertation into a publishable book, from crafting compelling book proposals, preparing manuscripts for submission, to understanding the peer review and revision process. Participants will also discuss emerging trends in academic publishing, such as open access, digital dissemination, interdisciplinary collaboration, and publicity. By engaging directly with publishers, attendees will gain practical advice and a deeper understanding of the expectations, challenges, and opportunities in publishing their book-length work. This roundtable aims to create a supportive environment to ask questions and engage directly with publishers to increase transparency around book publishing. Engaging with the conference theme of ghosts, this roundtable will explore how the book publishing world operates as a specter of academia that shapes intellectual landscapes and career trajectories yet can remain elusive and daunting. Join panelists from Duke University Press, Rutgers, Colorado University Press, Stanford University Press, University of Arizona Press, and University of Chicago Press for their insights and advice on navigating the academic publishing world. 

    


                        
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      American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 

New Orleans, LA (United States)

Thursday, November 20th, 2:30 – 4:00 PM. 

Sheraton Hotel, Grand Ballroom E (5th fl). 

    


                    

    
        

      

  

      
        
                    
                                
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      We work with over 100 publishers around the world to connect readers and authors.

    


                    

    
        

      

  

      
        
                    
                                
          


                        
      
Speculative Anthropology: A Literary History of Contamination
    


                        
      By Oscar Hemer

    


                    

    
        
                                
          


                        
      Crises in Time: Ethnographic Horizons in Amazonia and Melanesia
    


                        
      Edited by Tony Crook and Marilyn Strathern

    


                    

    
        
                                
          


                        
      Creativity in a Time of Covid-19
    


                        
      By Patricia Lysaght (Editor), James H Grayson (Editor), David Shankland (Editor)

    


                    

    
        

      

  

      
        
                    
                                
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      The Anthropology Book Forum was awarded the 2022 GAD New Directions Award (Group Category) which calls attention to the myriad ways anthropologists are expanding anthropological perspectives in the twenty-first century.

    


                        
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      Addition of the Anthropology Review Database
    


                        
      This summer we will begin merging the Anthropology Book Forum with the Anthropology Review Database, a previous journal that published over 3,000 reviews of books, software and films relevant to anthropological audiences. 

We hope to be finished by early 2025.



    


                        
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