Platypus, the official blog of the American Anthropological Association's Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing, is soliciting posts focusing on the issues at the intersection of anthropology/qualitative analysis and STS in the region of Eastern Europe.

We seek to build a thriving discourse among a community of scholars concerned about the implications of techno-science, technologized products, and worldviews for human beings and other forms of life. Our approach is interdisciplinary and inclusive. We encourage both regular and occasional contributions from students, faculty, and researchers within and beyond academia. The blog welcomes contributions from new authors working at the intersection of anthropology and science and technology studies, including (but not limited to) scholars, students, and researchers outside academe.

 

As a platform followed by 3000+ readers globally, Platypus produces weekly content that amplifies the voices of both junior and senior scholars. Unfortunately, we haven't worked much with authors and scholars whose research focuses on Eastern Europe. To address this gap, we are inviting scholars of Eastern Europe to submit their writing for publication on Platypus.

 

Platypus's team works on increasing its accessibility. For all the materials published on the blog, we follow digital accessibility protocols. To increase our linguistic accessibility, we have been publishing bilingual pieces, accessible in multiple languages: for example, this post is available in both English and Portuguese. Finally, beginning in 2022, we also provide an option of listening to our content, instead of reading it (an example). 

 

If you would like to contribute a post, please sent a brief abstract (~100 words) to the editor Svetlana Borodina (editor@castac.org).

 

Guidelines for authors:

1. The length of the post ranges between 1200 and 1800 words. 

2. Posts should engage with the issues at the intersections of anthropology/qualitative inquiry and STS, understood broadly. 

3. Each post should include an appropriately licensed image and an audio file of its text.

4. Each post goes through an internal review process, supported by an assigned contributing editor. 

5. Copyediting assistance is available for posts in English. 

More information: https://blog.castac.org/