Open AccessANTHROPOLOGY AND OPEN ACCESS
Author(s) -
JACKSON JASON BAIRD,
ANDERSON RYAN
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cultural anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.669
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1548-1360
pISSN - 0886-7356
DOI - 10.14506/ca29.2.04
Subject(s) - publishing , sociology , anthropology , open access publishing , ecological anthropology , sociocultural anthropology , digital anthropology , applied anthropology , context (archaeology) , cultural anthropology , politics , four field approach , anthropology of art , library science , history , political science , computer science , law , art history , contemporary art , archaeology , performance art
In an article coauthored in interview format, the authors introduce open‐access practices in an anthropological context. Complimenting the other essays in this special section on open access, on the occasion of Cultural Anthropology's move to one version of the gold open access business model, the focus here is on practical information needed by publishing cultural anthropologists. Despite this limitation, the authors work to touch on the ethical and political contexts of open access. They argue for a critical anthropology of scholarly communication (inclusive of scholarly publishing), one that brings the kinds of engaged analysis for which Cultural Anthropology is particularly well known to bear on this vital aspect of knowledge production, circulation, and valuation. [scholarly communication; publishing; open access; neoliberalism; political economy; digital technologies; disciplinary practices]