Proposed new OA journal of anthropology
Matthew Wolf-Meyer has writiten a proposal for a new OA journal of anthropology, After Culture: Emergent Anthropologies. (Thanks to Kambiz Kamrani on Anthropology.net.) From the proposal:
The purpose of After Culture: Emergent Anthropologies (hereafter AC:EA) is to allow an international group of graduate students to work alongside a similarly international group of faculty in the production of a journal that publishes primarily graduate student scholarship. Graduate students will produce peer-reviews as well as deliberate on and implement editorial policy, all with the support of a diverse group of faculty (who will participate in the peer-review process and provide advice on editorial policy)….[I]f given AAA approval, the journal will be published by the University of California Press and made available through AnthroSource….The total cost of one year’s worth of publications (2 issues, 200 pages) is approximately $3200 (based on University of California Press figures and including the costs of formatting, online storage and publicity). I have approached the president of the National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) about the possibility of aligning AC:EA with NASA, thereby becoming the official publication of NASA. I am currently discussing the possibility of funds being provided by the Society of Cultural Anthropology and the American Ethnological Society. The AAA journals will soon be receiving payments from the institutional subscription fees based upon how often the journal and its contents are cited and accessed through AnthroSource. It is hoped that with its provocative title and contemporary content that AC:EA will receive enough funds to cover some of its publishing costs. AC:EA may also attempt to solicit funds through the AAA meeting registration process (similar to the donations that people make for childcare).
