CfP: SLA column in Anthropology News - "fluidity"

[Sarah Muir]

Dear colleagues,

 

We are seeking articles for the fourth 2025 Society for Linguistic Anthropology section column of Anthropology News.  

 

The journal is now published exclusively online and is organized thematically. The upcoming theme is fluidity: 

 

Anthropology News invites submissions on the theme of fluidity. We are looking for stories about blurred boundaries and shifting forms. Stories about flow—whether graceful or unsettling. What can we learn when we attune to change over substance, to play over essence? How can we understand fluidity in different contexts—in environments, in institutions, in social interactions, in identities?

Anthropology News publishes pieces that are legible to a broad audience within and beyond the discipline. Pieces can be either stories or photo essays:

• Stories—short-form exploration of an interesting topic with detail and depth, up to 1600 words. To get a better sense of the genre, you can see an excellent recent story in the SLA column by Siri Lamoureaux here.

• Photo essays—six to eight high-quality, visually compelling images + up to 750 words of introductory text. For a great example of a photo essay, see Judit Kroo’s piece from last year here. 

If you have an idea that brings a linguistic anthropological perspective to the theme of fluidity, please contact the SLA column co-editors, Courtney Handman (chan...@austin.utexas.edu) and Sarah Muir (sm...@ccny.cuny.edu). 

Anthropology News is able to publish only one SLA piece per theme, and the deadline for initial editorial review of pitches is August 15, 2025 with anticipated publication by December 2025. We encourage submissions from both students and faculty. We provide strong editorial support as well as quick turn-around from submission to publication. Reach out to us to see if your idea for a story or photo essay on fluidity might be a good fit.

  

Thanks for your consideration!

Courtney and Sarah