Volume 32, No. 2Arts Grappling With the Local and the Global: What are the Political Issues in the Public Sphere?
Issue description
This special issue of the Swiss Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology explores how the arts, by engaging with the public sphere, foregrounds issues situated at the intersection of the local and the global. By bringing together texts drawing on diverse contexts—in ter ... See the full issue
Special Issue
Contributions in Audio-Visual Anthropology
Book and Film Reviews
About
The Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology is the peer-reviewed journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association and publishes ethnographically and theoretically grounded contributions on current issues and debates. As a tri-lingual journal, it strengthens the dialogue between different theoretical strands and scholarly traditions in social anthropology.
Announcements
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2025-12-15
Call for Special Issue (spring/summer 2027)
The Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology invites proposals for a Special Issue.
The Special Issue consists of 4 to 6 articles and an introduction in English, French or German. Proposals that include articles in more than one of the journal’s publication languages are encouraged, as are proposals that incorporate an audio-visual contribution.
You are invited to submit your Special Issue proposal by February 15 2026 to the following email address: info@journal-sa.ch
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2025-08-22
Books for review
SJSCA - the Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology reviews recent publications that make important theoretical or empirical contributions to anthropology. We have a particular focus on publications originating in the Swiss academic context. Are you interested in writing a book review? Get in touch with our book review editor.