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We are seeking articles for all four issues of the 2026 Society for Linguistic Anthropology section column of
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The journal is now published exclusively online. Although last year pieces had to be connected to the journal issue’s theme, that is no longer the case. So please send us your ideas for short, public-facing, and accessible essays that are tied to linguistic
anthropology. Pieces can be either stories or photo essays:</div>
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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 a recent story in the SLA column by Aidah Aljuran
<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/learning-not-to-know-and-the-isma%CA%BFili-invisibility-of-taqiyya/" data-outlook-id="9f251902-45c3-43e3-8bd9-64bf4b07110c" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a></u></span>.</div>
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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
<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/once-and-future-worlds-in-fukushima-japan-postdisaster-as-emptiness-and-remainder/" data-outlook-id="1fe1a493-8931-4612-b18b-0a0ee6e82e96" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a></u></span>. </div>
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If you have an idea that brings a <span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>linguistic anthropological</u></span> perspective to bear on some topic or event of wide interest, please contact the SLA column co-editors, Siri Lamoureaux (<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:lamoureaux@em-lyon.com" data-outlook-id="2cd015e0-5d63-45da-b482-dafea8fcd406" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">lamoureaux@em-lyon.com</a></u></span>)
and Courtney Handman (<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:chandman@austin.utexas.edu" data-outlook-id="f931b35b-a234-4f5d-a677-3f3d6d0550b9" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">chandman@austin.utexas.edu</a></u></span>) with a few sentences
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<i>Anthropology News</i> is able to publish only one SLA piece per issue, and the deadline for initial editorial review is
<span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>December 1, 2025</u></span>. Depending on the response, we can take proposals for several issues at once, with anticipated 2026 publication dates of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. </div>
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We encourage submissions from both students and faculty who are (or who could become) members of the AAA and SLA. 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 might be a good fit.</div>
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Thanks for your consideration!</div>
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-Siri and Courtney</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Avenir Book"; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Associate Professor | Dept. of Anthropology | The University of Texas at Austin</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Book"; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><i><u><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/circulations/paper" data-outlook-id="6ecda849-b5fe-4d02-9a95-fe12a1aa7013" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Circulations:
Modernist Imaginaries of Colonialism and Decolonization in Papua New Guinea</a></u></i></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "Avenir Book"; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The University of Texas at Austin resides on what were historically the traditional territories of
Indigenous Peoples who were dispossessed of their homelands. I recognize and value the Alabama-Coushatta, Caddo, Carrizo/Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Comanche, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache, Tonkawa, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, and other American Indian and Indigenous peoples
and communities who have been or have become a part of the lands now known as Texas.</span></p>
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