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Society for the Anthropology of Work
Welcome
The Society for the Anthropology of Work (SAW) is a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Our goal is to advance the study of work, in the broadest sense, and to communicate that knowledge to the world.
SAW is committed to centering the contributions of scholars of color and to advancing an antiracist, decolonial anthropology of work. Stay tuned for our events and activities over the rest of 2024.
Announcements
Published: Aug 20, 2024
Call for editors - The Anthropology of Work Review
Published: Aug 06, 2024
The Prize honors excellence in graduate student research. We especially invite papers that integrate political economy and bold political action into the analysis of social life.
Published: Jul 22, 2024
A regularly updated list of books for review in Exertions.
Published: Mar 25, 2024
Following consultation with our members, the SAW Executive Board has released the following statement.
Published: Sep 16, 2024
Call for Papers: Racialization and Gig Economies Christien Tompkins and Shreya Subramani invite submissions to a special issue of the Anthropology of Work Review Proposed Publication Date: May/June 2025 Due Date for Manuscripts: Friday, November 15, 2024
Original Exertions
Published: Aug 08, 2024
Published: Apr 26, 2023
Reflections on the special issue of Anthropology of Work Review, "Immunocapital and Capitalist Immunities"
Published: Apr 04, 2023
A videoessay on AI labor, authored by Dayna McLeod, drawing upon labor from an AI writer and AI voice actor. Additional commentary by Lisa Messeri.
Published: Jan 18, 2023
Brie Berry (Ursinus College) reflects on the emotional burdens of reuse economies and the problem of waste.
Book Reviews
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Published: Oct 02, 2024
Book review of Margaret Jack's Media Ruins: Cambodian Postwar Media Reconstruction and the Geopolitics of Technology (2023)
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Published: Sep 28, 2024
Book review of Nessette Falu's Unseen Flesh: Gynecology and Black Queer Worth-Making in Brazil (2023)
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Published: Aug 22, 2024
Book review of María L. Cruz-Torres’s Pink Gold: Women, Shrimp, and Work in Mexico (2023)
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Published: Aug 12, 2024
Book review of Joshua Grace's African Motors: Technology, Gender, and the History of Development (2021)
Teaching Tools
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Published: Sep 04, 2024
This module prompts students to analyze how working-class struggles have been shaped by gender norms and in turn how feminist critics have questioned the boundaries of “work.”
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Published: Mar 25, 2024
Rebecca Prentice reflects on the value of peer facilitation as a teaching tool in the anthropology of work, and how it helps students learn about the labor of teaching anthropology itself.
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Published: May 28, 2022
A reflection on teaching time and labor in the classroom, building Marx's insights on class struggles over the working day.
