These are not official publications of the Society, but are activities of the membershop and may be of interest to other SASci members.

Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

Structure and Dynamics eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

Congratulations to the Group in Social Dynamics and Complexity at UC Irvine for successfully launching Structure and Dynamics, now in its second volume and inviting submissions. The eJournal emphasizes cross-disciplinary research and and is dedicated to reinvigorating the spirit and method of science in anthropology. Contributions from all sub-fields of anthropology are invited. The journal editors have won high marks from authors for high quality and rapid review, excellent editing and copy editing and a rich fare of substantive articles and commentary. Book reviews are invited as well as commentary and long or short article contributions.

The journal features easy electronic submission procedures, editor-moderated interaction between contributors and reviewers and active participation of readers in the debate and commentary on published issues. This new journal is made possible by the University of California eScholarship Repository Journals, with assistance from Berkeley Electronic Press and sponsorship of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at UC Irvine and its Anthropological Sciences-oriented focused research group in Social Dynamics and Complexity

New submissions are welcome. Essential contributor and contact information can be obtained at http://repositories.cdlib.org/imbs/socdyn/sdeas/styleguide.html. Contributors should understand that publication in Structure and Dynamics does not preclude subsequent publication in another journal. One advantage of an ejournal is that, once accepted, an article can be uploaded rather quickly into the current issue.

The journal is offered free of charge at http://repositories.cdlib.org/imbs/socdyn/sdeas/.

The Editors are Douglas R. White (Editor-in-Chief), Murray Leaf (Associated Editor-in-Chief), Robert Manlove, Duran Bell, B. N. Colby and Robert Garfias.

A summary of issue 1#2 is found at http://repositories.cdlib.org/imbs/socdyn/sdeas/vol1/iss2/art10/

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Mathematical Anthropology and Cultural Theory

MACT: The Journal for the Scientific Study of Culture. Mathematical Anthropology and Cultural Theory, or MACT, is a refereed technical journal for the cultural sciences. Our policy is described in our Policy and Style Manual.

We especially want to publish original research papers on mathematical anthropology, cultural theory, cognitive theory, the philosophy of science as applied to those topics, and related areas. Papers could be mathematical, formal models, or (sometimes) just good reasoning. We particularly want to publish new papers using algebras, logics, lattices, "finite methods", combinatorics or similar techniques. Innovative ideas will be favored. Likely to be rejected: papers which are simply statistical studies or applied text book methods, and papers using standard analysis and/or standard simulations. It may be good research but there are many other places for those papers.

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Field Methods

The indispensable tool for scholars, students and professionals who do fieldwork, Field Methods offers:

Important refereed articles Descriptions of methodological advances Advice on the use of specific field techniques Help with both qualitative and quantitative methods Essays and think pieces Book and software reviews... all the tools necessary for those who conduct fieldwork.

Since 1989, Cultural Anthropology Methods (CAM) has been providing social researchers with useful tips on conducting a variety of field tasks. Now CAM has been transformed into Field Methods, a fully refereed journal containing methodologically-focused research articles, handy tips for working in the field, reviews of books and software, think pieces addressing key theoretical issues, and other important works for scholars, professionals and students who engage in fieldwork in the human sciences and the related professional fields.

Field Methods remains under the editorship of H. Russell Bernard. Articles examine data collection techniques and modes of analysis, the link between method and theory, and the impact of new technology on traditional field activities. Embracing both qualitative and quantitative methods in scientific and interpretive paradigms, the journal operates under the motto "methods belong to all of us." Field Methods is not only for researchers in the social sciences and the humanities, but is also for professionals in the delivery of social services, in government, and in the private sector who use field research to acquire knowledge.

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World Cultures

World Cultures provides scholars and students of culture with the benefits of a fifty year old tradition in cross-cultural research - access to most of the important published and unpublished comparative research materials on human cultures by established leaders in the field as well as new contributors.

World Cultures welcomes articles, data, and comparative research material, dealing with any aspect of human groups, from social or behavioral scientists of any country. Publication of any comparative database, regional or worldwide, will be considered on the basis of scope and quality. Submissions of programs and teaching materials are welcomed and will be considered from the viewpoint of the evolving skills of the general readership. Brief communications on research, coding, sources, and other materials of interest to comparative researchers are welcomed.

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Updated Thu Jan 25 06:57:46 GMT 2007