Anthropologica is a peer-reviewed journal and publishes original manuscripts in all areas of research in cultural and social anthropology. Articles already published or which are about to be published elsewhere will not normally be considered.  

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Guidelines for Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically by email attachment in MSWORD or WORD PERFECT.  Electronic submissions must be accompanied by 3 paper copies of the manuscript.   The paper copies and the electronic copy of the article must be identical in content and follow the style guidelines.

Manuscripts in English should be sent to:

Andrew Lyons
Department of Anthropology
Wilfred Laurier University
2-139 DAWB
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
CANADA N2L 3C5
Phone: 519-886-7975
Email/courriel: andrewpaullyons@gmail.com

 

Style Guidelines

Format: Double spacing is required for all text including notes, bibliography, quotations, and headings.  The manuscript(notes and bibliography included) should not normally exceed 9000 words or 35 double- spaced pages on  21 x 27 cm (8 1/2 x 11'') paper in 12-point font. The name of the author must appear only on the title page. Submissions should be left justified and indentation reserved for block quotations.

Title Page: Please indicate title, author, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address.

Subheadings: Subheadings should be bolded only and not numbered or indented. Required headings include: 'Abstract,' 'References' (for bibliography) and 'Notes' (for endnotes).

Abstract and Keywords: Manuscripts must be accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 100 words. Abstracts and the title of the manuscript should be included on a separate page. A list of 6 keywords in square brackets must follow the abstract. Manuscripts accepted for publication should provide an abstract in both English and French. If this is not possible, the editorial office will provide the translation.

Notes: All notes must follow the text as endnotes and must be double-spaced in 12 point font. Please restrict notes to material that is relevant to the text. Endnotes should begin on a new page and be listed consecutively throughout the article using superscript Arabic numerals.

Citations: Intra-textual citations should appear in the form (Godelier 1973:116-119). Note that there is no comma following the author and no space following the colon. If the author's name already appears in the text, it is sufficient to indicate the year and page. Page numbers should be used with direct quotations but not when citing general arguments or ideas. To distinguish between multiple entries by the same author published in the same year, use letters (1973a, 1973b). When several entries by multiple authors are cited, they should appears as follows:  (Godelier 1973a, 1973b; Poulantzas 1978)

References: The bibliography should be double-spaced and appear after the notes on a separate page. Authors should use the style of referencing which follows:

Articles in journals :

Augé, Marc

1986 L'anthropologie et la Maladie. L'Homme 26 (1-2):15.

Books:

  Smith, Gavin

1999 Confronting the Present: Towards A Politically Engaged Anthropology. Oxford: Berg.
    

Saillant, Francine et Manon Boulianne, dirs.

2003 Transformations Sociales, Genre et Santé: Perspectives Critiques et Comparatives. Paris et Québec: L'Harmattan et les Presses Universitaires de l'Université de Laval.

Chapters in Books:

Muratorio, Blanca M.

1995 Amazonian Windows to the Past: Recovering Women's Histories from the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon. In Articulating Hidden Histories. Jane Schneider and Rayna Rapp, eds. Pp. 322-335. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Graphics: Maps, figures and tables must be captioned and presented in camera-ready form on separate pages with their position in the text indicated. Size should not exceed 16 x 12.5 cm (5 x 8''). Photographs to accompany the text should be high quality black and white prints. Electronic images may also be submitted in high resolution digital format (at least 300 dpi). Images on disk or CD-Rom should be supplied as TIF or JPEG files scanned in high resolution. Please label each file following this example:  jsmith_01.tif   or  jane-d_fig3.jpg