The EASA book series has been showcasing the work of the Association’s members since 1992. The series has been published by Berghahn Books since 2003 and includes both edited collections and monographs. With 34 volumes published so far, and as we are all getting ready for the Stockholm conference, it is my hope that more EASA members will submit proposals for consideration. One of the important aspects of the Series is also showcasing work by anthropologists who do not belong to the “central” anthropological traditions, with highlighting areas of research that are both timely and topical.
As it stands now, 2018 will be a very productive year for the Series, with six volumes planned for publication. There are several other volumes (two edited collections and a monograph) in the reviewing process at the moment, and I hope that the outcome of the reviews for at least one of them will be complete by mid-August. Most recently, Experimental Collaborations: Ethnography through Fieldwork Devices (edited by Adolfo Estalella and Tomás Sánchez Criado, and with Foreword by George E. Marcus and Afterword by Sarah Pink) was published as Volume 34 in the Series. The contributions in this volume, with their emphasis on the ways of doing fieldwork in a rapidly changing world, exemplify both the theoretical breadth and the practical know-how of the contributions to the EASA Book Series. They also demonstrate, in a clear and precise way, how anthropology contributes to our understanding of the processes that shape the contemporary world, and, for that reason, why anthropology really matters.
I hope to see you all in Stockholm at the 15th Biennial EASA conference, and look forward to receiving more interesting proposals, for this exciting and very timely project.
Aleksandar Bošković,
Professor of Anthropology,
University of Belgrade