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Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Conference 2024

We are excited to have a presence at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference, March 26-30, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. If you are attending in-person, please visit our booth to browse new and recent books available at special conference prices, pick up free journal sample copies, and speak with Vivian Berghahn!

If you can’t make it to the conference, or you simply want to browse our list at your leisure, you can enjoy our special 35% discount on all Anthropology titles here until 15 April. Just enter code SFAA24 at the checkout stage.

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Open Access

Featured Journal

Anthropology in Action

Editors: Andrew Dawson, University of Melbourne, Australia; Simone Dennis, University of Adelaide, Australia

Anthropology in Action (AIA) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles, commentaries, research reports, and book reviews in applied anthropology. Contributions reflect the use of anthropological training in policy- or practice-oriented work and foster the broader application of these approaches to practical problems. The journal provides a forum for debate and analysis for anthropologists working both inside and outside academia and aims to promote communication amongst practitioners, academics and students of anthropology in order to advance the cross-fertilisation of expertise and ideas.

Access the journal here.


New Paperbacks


Profiles of Anthropological Praxis

Profiles of Anthropological Praxis

An International Casebook

Redding, T. M. & Cheney, C. C. (eds)
The Moral Work of Anthropology

The Moral Work of Anthropology

Ethnographic Studies of Anthropologists at Work

Mogensen, H. & Hansen, B. G. (eds)
Max Gluckman

Max Gluckman

Macmillan, H.
Mary Douglas

Mary Douglas

Richards, P. & 6, P.
Lands of the Future

Lands of the Future

Anthropological Perspectives on Pastoralism, Land Deals and Tropes of Modernity in Eastern Africa

Gabbert, E. C., Gebresenbet, F., Galaty, J. G., & Schlee, G. (eds)
Alfred Cort Haddon

Alfred Cort Haddon

A Very English Savage

Walsh, C.


Featured Series: Critical Interventions


Crypto Crowds

Singularities and Multiplicities on the Blockchain

Who’s Cashing In?

Contemporary Perspectives on New Monies and Global Cashlessness

War, Technology, Anthropology

Moral Anthropology

A Critique

The Global Life of Austerity

Comparing Beyond Europe

Extremism, Society, and the State

The Event of Charlie Hebdo

Imaginaries of Freedom and Control

Democracy's Paradox

Populism and its Contemporary Crisis

Arab Spring

Uprisings, Powers, Interventions


Featured Titles


Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Elder Care in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

Freidus, A. & Shenk, D.
Time Work

Time Work

Studies of Temporal Agency

Flaherty, M. G., Meinert, L., & Dalsgård, A. L. (eds)
Obstetricians Speak

Obstetricians Speak

On Training, Practice, Fear, and Transformation

Floyd-Davis, R. & Premkumar, A. (eds)
Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

Shankman, P.
Making Things Happen

Making Things Happen

Community Participation and Disaster Reconstruction in Pakistan

Murphy Thomas, J.
Dynamics of Identification and Conflict

Dynamics of Identification and Conflict

Anthropological Encounters

Hoehne, M. V., Gabbert, E. C., & Eidson, J. R. (eds)
Collaborative Happiness

Collaborative Happiness

Building the Good Life in Urban Cohousing Communities

Kingfisher, C.
Breathing Hearts

Breathing Hearts

Sufism, Healing, and Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany

Selim, N.


Open Access Books


Tangled Mobilities

Tangled Mobilities

Places, Affects, and Personhood across Social Spheres in Asian Migration

Fresnoza-Flot, A. & Liu-Farrer, G. (eds)
Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States

Resettled Iraqi Refugees in the United States

War, Refuge, Belonging, Participation, and Protest

Keyel, J.
Refugees on the Move

Refugees on the Move

Crisis and Response in Turkey and Europe

Balkan, E. & Kutlu Tonak, Z. (eds)
Moral Economy at Work

Moral Economy at Work

Ethnographic Investigations in Eurasia

Yalçın-Heckmann, L. (ed)
Indigenous Resurgence

Indigenous Resurgence

Decolonialization and Movements for Environmental Justice

Dhillon, J.
Designing Knowledge Economies for Disaster Resilience

Designing Knowledge Economies for Disaster Resilience

Case Studies from the African Diaspora

Waldron-Moore, P. (ed)
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism

Ethnographies of Norwegian Energy and Extraction Businesses Abroad

Knudsen, S. (ed)
An Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange

An Anthropology of Intellectual Exchange

Interactions, Transactions and Ethics in Asia and Beyond

Copeman, J., Long, N. J., Chau, L. M., Cook, J. & Marsden, M.(eds)


Berghahn Open Anthro

In partnership with Libraria

In a ground-breaking initiative, Berghahn Journals has flipped 16 core anthropology journals to Open Access using the subscribe-to-open (S2O) model. S20 is an equitable and sustainable model which makes works publicly available and can be realized across a more diverse publications landscape.

View the BOA journals.

Researchers can support the BOA-S2O initiative by contacting their libraries directly or filling out a recommendation form.


Anthropology Blog Articles

World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week is held yearly from 1st to 7th of August in more than 120 countries. Being organized by WABA, WHO and UNICEF, the goal is to promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life which yields tremendous health benefits, providing critical nutrients, protection from deadly diseases and fostering growth. To learn more […]

Readings on Abortion

In an effort to further public understanding of abortion and Roe v. Wade, we are offering free access to these relevant journal articles and book chapters. ABORTION IN ASIALocal Dilemmas, Global PoliticsEdited by Andrea Whittaker “[This book] makes an empirically rich and important contribution to social scientific scholarship on induced abortion practices and will hopefully […]

Happy Birthday, Keith Hart!

22 June 2023 is Keith Hart’s 80th birthday and all at Berghahn wish him many happy returns of the day! Keith Hart has edited, authored, or contributed to more than a dozen Berghahn titles, which is quite a record. He is also the founding editor of The Human Economy series, which has just published John […]

Essential Reads for World Refugee Day

June 20th is designated World Refugee Day by the United Nations to bring awareness to the plight of millions of refugees throughout the world and also to honour their strength and perseverance. Berghahn Books publishes many studies on the lives and the plights of refugees globally. Find our latest titles here along with a selection of classic […]

Celebrating International Museum Day

On May 18th the worldwide museum community celebrates International Museum Day. This day is an occasion to raise public awareness on how important museums are in the enrichment of cultural exchange, development of society, and cooperation among people. For more information on the theme and calendar of events, visit the International Council of Museums webpage. Joining the celebration, Berghahn […]

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Viola Castellano and ‘Set to See Us Fail’

Viola Castellano’s new book Set to See Us Fail looks at how on how inequalities are reproduced, measured, managed, and contested within the child welfare system of New York. Here she tells us what drew her to this complex issue and what her work has revealed. Thank you for joining us Dr. Castellano. Before we […]

AUTHOR ARTICLE: Witches and Demons

Jean La Fontaine’s Witches and Demons: A Comparative Perspective on Witchcraft and Satanism just enjoyed its seventh anniversary. And since it remains as popular – and as timely – as ever we asked Jean if she would take a look back at her Berghahn classic (available in paperback and eBook). So many thanks to Jean […]

EDITOR INTERVIEW: Representing 21st-Century Migration In Europe

ANA BELÉN MARTÍNEZ GARCÍA is Associate Professor at ISSA School of Applied Management, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain). She teaches Business Communication, Academic Writing, and World Literatures in English. In this exclusive interview, in conversation with her intern Arantza Morales (final year in Literature and Creative Writing undergraduate at the University of Navarra), Ana Belén […]

Introducing the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection

Berghahn Books is proud to be partnering with Knowledge Unlatched to present the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection. Every year until 2023 we are adding 20 front-list titles to the collection, covering the topics of international migration and movement as well as the social implications of economic and environmental change for communities. As libraries […]

Celebrating International Day for Monuments & Sites, also known as World Heritage Day!

Celebrated yearly on April 18th, the International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, encourages local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives and to promote awareness of its diversity and vulnerability and the efforts required to protect and conserve it. For […]