The Anthropology Book Forumwas founded by the American Anthropological Association as an experimental prototype in digital publishing. The Forum publishes a broad range of conversations focused on discussing and evaluating newly published work relevant to anthropological audiences, broadly conceived.
In the last few years, the Forum has radically expanded the genre of the book review, and now offers a number of formats for the discussion and evaluation of recently published work relevant to anthropological audiences. See our Focus and Scope section for a full list.
See our 2021 Year in Review for journal updates and new modes of engaging with newly published research.
In November, we published our first review of a non-English text! Professor Lena Gemzöe shared their thoughts on “En bra plats att vara på. En antropologisk studie av mångfaldsarbete och identitetsskapande inom Svenska Kyrkan” [A Good Place to Be. An Anthropological Study of Diversity Work and Identity formation in the Church of Sweden]. We are hoping to expand our coverage of non-English titles in the future – if you have a non-English book relevant to anthropological audiences you’d like to review, please get in touch!
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The Anthropology Book Forum is an Open Access publication.
Open Access, as defined in the Berlin Declaration, means unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed, scholarly research papers and articles for reading and productive re-use, not impeded by any financial, organizational, legal or technical barriers.
