February 1, 2017 Founded in 1842, the American Ethnological Society (AES) is the oldest professional society for anthropologists in the United States. Our members include some of the foremost anthropological [...]
Articles The cross-publics of ethnography The case of “the Muslimwoman” by Lila Abu-Lughod A civilized revolution Aesthetics and political action in Egypt by Jessica Winegar There might be blood [...]
Articles Documents of indiscipline and indifference The violence of bureaucracy in a Brazilian juvenile prison by K. Drybread Policing the unstable materialities of digital-media piracy in Brazil by Alexander [...]
Articles Belonging in ethno-erotic economies Adultery, alterity, and ritual in postcolonial Kenya by George Paul Meiu SIM cards of desire Sexual versatility and the male homoerotic economy in urban [...]
The 2015 Refugee Crisis in Europe: Forum Representing the “European refugee crisis” in Germany and beyond Deservingness and difference, life and death by Seth M. Holmes and Heide Castañeda [...]
We are pleased to announce the formation of an American Ethnological Society editorial intern program for anthropology graduate students. Intern responsibilities will include creative intellectual teamwork on social media such [...]
The AES Editorial Intern Team will launch at the AES spring meeting in Washington, DC March 31-April 2. The team will work with AES Section Editor Carole McGranahan to introduce [...]
From the Editor Transitions, numbers, features by Angelique Haugerud Articles State, corruption, postcoloniality A conversation with Akhil Gupta on the 20th anniversary of “Blurred Boundaries” by Akhil [...]
Articles Pheasant capitalism Auditing South Dakota's state bird by Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz Violence, legitimacy, and prophecy Nuer struggles with uncertainty in South Sudan by Sharon E. Hutchinson [...]
Articles Ethnography for aging societies Dignity, cultural genres, and Singapore's imagined futures by Michael M.J. Fischer Wit and Greece's economic crisis Ironic slogans, food, and antiausterity sentiments by Daniel [...]
Promoting rich ethnography and relevant, cutting-edge theory in cultural anthropology since 1842.
AES, a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), publishes the journal American Ethnologist, which can be found in AnthroSource.
