[Linganth] JRAI thematic cluster: Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of AI

[Constantine Nakassis]

Dear colleagues, apologies for the repost -- I forgot to include one of the
articles. Updated and corrected post below.

The *Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *has just published,
early view, a thematic cluster of articles edited by Webb Keane and myself,
entitled "Linguistic Anthropology of AI." The cluster contains:
-- Webb Keane and Constantine Nakassis. "Introduction: towards a linguistic
anthropology of AI <https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70131>.”
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70131.
-- Webb Keane. "From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction,
semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots."
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70133
-- Courtney Handman. "Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of
non-human worlds."  http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70132
-- Beth Semel. "‘Everything is a signal’: speaking circuits and noisy signs
in the making of language-oriented AI."
http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70135
-- Ilana Gershon. "Linguistic anthropology of AI: an afterword."
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70134

Enjoy!

(As an aside: *JRAI *is interested to publish more work in linguistic
anthropology, so do consider the journal as one of the many available for
linguistic anthropologists looking to publish their work for a wider
anthropological audience.)

All best,
Costas
--------------------------------
Constantine V. Nakassis
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology,
Faculty Associate, Department of Comparative Human Development,
Resource Faculty, Department of Cinema and Media Studies,
The University of Chicago

Co-editor-in-chief, *Semiotic Review* <http://semioticreview.com>

https://anthropology.uchicago.edu/directory/Constantine-V-Nakassis
http://nakassis.com/constantine


On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 9:23 AM Constantine Nakassis <cnakassi at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> The *Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *has just published,
> early view, a thematic cluster of articles edited by Webb Keane and myself,
> entitled "Linguistic Anthropology of AI." The cluster contains:
> -- Webb Keane and Constantine Nakassis. "Introduction: towards a
> linguistic anthropology of AI <https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70131>.”
> https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70131.
> -- Courtney Handman. "Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of
> non-human worlds."  http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70132
> -- Beth Semel. "‘Everything is a signal’: speaking circuits and noisy
> signs in the making of language-oriented AI."
> http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70135
> -- Ilana Gershon. "Linguistic anthropology of AI: an afterword."
> https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70134
>
> Enjoy!
>
> (As an aside: *JRAI *is interested to publish more work in linguistic
> anthropology, so do consider the journal as one of the many available for
> linguistic anthropologists looking to publish their work for a wider
> anthropological audience.)
>
> All best,
> Costas
> --------------------------------
> Constantine V. Nakassis
> Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology,
> Faculty Associate, Department of Comparative Human Development,
> Resource Faculty, Department of Cinema and Media Studies,
> The University of Chicago
>
> Co-editor-in-chief, *Semiotic Review* <http://semioticreview.com>
>
> https://anthropology.uchicago.edu/directory/Constantine-V-Nakassis
> http://nakassis.com/constantine
>
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