Open Access Anthropology

Thanks to everyone who has found these discussions of OA in folklore studies of interest, especially those who have posted links to them or who have written with encouraging comments. In this final post, which I will try to keep brief, I will take the final leg of my proposed journey and mention new (and […]

In my previous post, I discussed the example of Oral Tradition, citing it as an example of a vital, established house journal that made the transition to OA. Another established folklore studies journals that has made this switch is Asian Ethnology, a venerable (founded 1942) journal that was known until recently as Asian Folklore Studies.
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In a series of brief “did you know” posts I want to lay the foundations for a reflection on the state of OA in a field neighboring anthropology with which cultural and linguistic anthropologists have long had close dealings (or dual identities). This comes easily to me as I was trained in both folklore (or […]

Harvard Faculty, led by Robert Darnton, have passed a mandate that all research publications must be made open access. More from Peter Suber’s blog

For those who have not encountered it yet, I wanted to call attention to the open access journal Cultural Analysis. As its editors describe it, “Cultural Analysis is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to investigating expressive and everyday culture. The journal features analytical research articles, but also includes notes, reviews, and responses.” In its […]

I’m happy to announce version 1.0 of our Creative Commons licensed poster promoting self-archiving among anthropologists. Feel free to remix and reuse as you see fit - and share those remixes with us. (You can always download the latest version of the PDF and the original Apple Pages document here.)
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