Information For Authors
Cadernos de campo is a publication open to researchers all over the world, devoted to scientific work on the field of Sociocultural Anthropology. It welcomes contributions from the social and humanistic sciences in dialogue with the anthropological perspective and literature. The journal accepts original work that has not been published elsewhere, in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Submissions should be made electronically through this website. Once submitted, the author can track the submission and communicate with the editors via the online journal management system or by e-mail.
Please ensure that you consider the following guidelines when preparing your manuscript. Failure to do so may delay the processing of your submission. Submission should be made electronically through this website.
- Modalities of submission
Cadernos de campo accepts articles, essays, reviews and interviews. Translations and visual Works are also welcomed. “Conjuntura” and “Special issue” are section with special review process.
Articles and Essays must describe the findings and/or applications of unpublished original research not under consideration for any other publication. It also includes meditations or reflections related to theoretical aspects of sociocultural anthropology. These manuscripts should make a substantial contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the subject matter and could be supported by relevant qualitative data. Research articles and essays should not exceed 9,000 words in length, including references and footnotes.
Book Review discuss recently published books related to current scholarship, critical methodology and/or approaches to Sociocultural Anthropolgoy. Books reviews should be published in the last 5 years. The review should not exceed 2,000 words, including referencing and footnotes, if needed. The following information should be given about the book at the start of the review: Author surnames, Name. Book Title. Place of publication: Publisher. Year Published, Number of Pages.
Interviews present a written conversation with anthropologists or scholars with relevant discussions on the field of sociocultural anthropology. It must be accompanied by an authorization letter signed by the person interviewed. The interview should not exceed 4,000 words in length.
Translations present relevant contributions to Sociocultural anthropology non-available in the Portuguese language yet. It must be accompanied by an authorization letter signed by the copyright holders and information about the technical reviewer.
Chimera is a section devoted to works on visual anthropology or using visual methods to field research. It includes photography, drawings or interventions over these previous materials. Submissions to this section should include a short essay with no more than 700 words and no more than 12 objects. The objects should be presented in the manuscript in the desired order and attached in high quality, as supplementary files.
All the manuscripts above should be written in Times New Roman, font 12, with 1,5 space throughout and unnumbered pages. Word limits include referencing and citation.
- Structure
The manuscript file must include:
Title and abstract
The first page of the manuscript should begin with the manuscript’s title. An abstract of no more than 200 words should also be included on the same page. It should appear in two languages: Spanish, Portuguese and/or English, and be clearly identifiable from the start of the main text, with the heading 'Abstract'. The abstract must summarize the main arguments and conclusions of the article.
Keywords
Please include a list of up to six specific keywords below the abstract. These will be used to index the article in search engines. These should be supplied in two languages: Spanish, Portuguese and/or English.
Main text
The body of the submission should be structured in a logical and easy to follow manner. A clear introduction section should be given that allows the reader to have an understanding of the publication. The manuscript should also include a clear aim of the study, the methodological procedures adopted and a background section including the theoretical framework used. Methods, results, discussion and conclusion sections may then follow to clearly detail the information and research being presented. Up to three level headings may be present and must be clearly identifiable using 12-points and bold font.
Anonymity
To ensure the anonymity of the peer-review, the following information should not be included the manuscript file:
- Full author name(s)
- Affiliation(s)
- Corresponding author’s email address
- Author(s) short biography
This information should be presented in the submission metadata or in a separated file.
Author names must include full forename(s) and surname(s). The affiliation should include Department, Institution, City and Country, A brief biographical information about the author(s) (maximum 100 words) describing the author´s formation and research areas. To ensure the anonymity of the peer-review process, no personal information about the author(s) should be marked with ##ANONIMITY## and will be replaced after the peer-review process. Self-references and any information that could lead to the identification of the author(s) should also be marked with ##AUTOR and will be replaced after the peer-review process.
Supplementary Files (optional)
Any supplementary/additional files that should link to the main publication must be listed, with a corresponding number, title and option description. Ideally the supplementary files are also cited in the main text.
e.g. Supplementary file 1: Appendix. Huni Kuin’s Kinship diagram.
Note: additional files will not be typeset so they must be provided in their final form.
Use of footnotes
All notes should be used only where crucial clarifying information needs to be conveyed. Avoid using notes for purposes of referencing, with in-text citations used instead. If in-text citations cannot be used, a source can be cited as part of a note. Please insert the footnote marker after the end punctuation. Do not use endnotes.
Figures
Figures, including graphs and diagrams, must be professionally and clearly presented. If a figure is not easy to understand or does not appear to be of a suitable quality, the editor may ask to re-render or omit it. All figures must be cited within the main text, in consecutive order using Arabic numerals (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). Each figure must have an accompanying descriptive main title. This should clearly and concisely summarise the content and/or use of the figure image. The source of the image should be included, along with any relevant copyright information and a statement of authorisation (if needed). All figures must be uploaded separately as supplementary files during the submission process, if possible, in colour and at a resolution of at least 300dpi. Each file should not be more than 20MB. Standard formats accepted are: JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, EPS.
Tables
Tables must be created using a word processor's table function, not tabbed text. Tables should be included in the manuscript. The final layout will place the tables as close to their first citation as possible. All tables must be cited within the main text, numbered with Arabic numerals in consecutive order (e.g. Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Each table must have an accompanying descriptive title. This should clearly and concisely summarise the content and/or use of the table.
- References
Reference format
In all cases, references cited in the manuscript should be presented at the end. See bellow for examples of how to format
a) Books: SURNAME, Fist name.Title. (Translated by). Place of publication: Publisher.
WESTON, Kath. 1991. Families we choose: lesbians, gays, kinship. New York: Columbia University Press.
MCCORMACK, Carol; STRATHERN, Marilyn. (Eds). 1980. Nature, culture and gender. London: Cambridge University Press
STRATHERN, Marilyn. 2006. O gênero da dádiva: problemas com as mulheres e problemas com a sociedade na Melanésia. Tradução de André Villalobos. Campinas: Editora Unicamp.
b) Chapters within books: SURNAME, First name. Year. Title. In: SURNAME, First name. (Ed.). Title. Place of publication: Publisher, pages.
ABU-LUGHOD, Lila. 1991. Writing against culture. In: FOX, Richard (Ed). Recapturing Anthropology: working in the present. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, p.137-154.
MOORE, Lisa. Among Khmer and Vietnamese refugee women in Thailand: no safe place. 1993. In: BELL, Diane; CAPLAN, Pat; KARIM, Wazir Jahan (Eds). Gendered fields: women, men and ethnography. London: Routledge, p.117-127.
STRATHERN, Marilyn. 2014. As novas modernidades. In: STRATHERN, Marilyn. O efeito etnográfico e outros ensaios de antropologia. (Tradução do capítulo por Jamile Pinheiro). São Paulo: Cosac & Naify, p.321-343.
c) Journal articles: SURNAME, Name. Title. In: Journal name, vol, issue: page. DOI
LIMA, Tania Stolze. 1996. O dois e seu múltiplo: reflexões sobre o perspectivismo em uma cosmologia Tupi. In: Mana, vol.2, n.2: p.21-47. DOI https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-93131996000200002
NOTE: Please include DOIs for all journal articles where possible.
d) Organisational publications: AUTHOR GROUP. Year. Title. Place of publication: Publisher
CIMI – Conselho Indigenista Missionário. 2019. Relatório violência contra os povos indígenas no Brasil – dados de 2018. Brasília: CIMI.
e) Official documents and publications: Author/Institution. Year. Title. Place of Publication, Publisher
BRASIL. 2006. Lei Nº 11.340, de 7 de agosto de 2006 - cria mecanismos para coibir a violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher. Brasília: Presidência da República/Subchefia de Assuntos Jurídicos
BRASIL. 1985. Exposição de motivos 770, de 16 de dezembro de 1985. Brasília: Gabinete da Presidência. (mimeo).
f) Theses and dissertations: AUTHOR, A. Title. Unpublished thesis (PhD), institution.
ALBERT, Bruce. 1985. Temps du sang, temps des cendres: répresentation de la maladie, système rituel et espace politique chez les Yanomami du Sud-Est (Amazonie Brésilienne). Paris, Tese de doutorado, Université Paris X – Nanterre.
In-text citations
Every use of information from other sources must be cited in the text so that it is clear that external material has been used.
(a) If the author is already mentioned in the main text then the year should follow the name within parenthesis. Information should be separated by comma: (AUTHOR, YEAR, PAGE).
(b) For indirect citations: Author (YEAR), or Author (Year, Page)
(c) If three or fewer authors are cited from the same citation, then all should be listed. If four or more authors are part of the citation then ‘et al.’ should follow the first author name (BROWN et al, 2007)
(d) If citations are used from the same author and the same year, then a lowercase letter, starting from ‘a’, should be placed after the year. (STRATHERN, 2014a; STRATHERN, 2014b)
Reference list
All citations must be listed at the end of the text file, in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames.
All reading materials should be included in ‘References’ – works which have not been cited within the main text, but which the author wishes to share with the reader, must be cited as additional information in endnotes explaining the relevance of the work. This will ensure that all works within the reference list are cited within the text.
