SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY THROUGH TIME
Our goal was to measure trends in theory over the 30 years from 1968 to 1998. We did this by creating a series of portraits, which you can move through quickly, like a flip-book.

Each student was assigned one year (at three-year intervals). In that period each compiled standard information, based on a survey of articles in four mainstream journals, and three less popular journals (see the list at the right)

WHO WAS HOT:

The top five university departments which published the most papers.

WHAT TOPICS WERE HOT:

The top ten major topical themes of the articles published in our chosen journals. Each article could be counted in more than one category.

WHAT SUB-DISCIPLINES WERE HOT:

Each author was tracked down in the AAA Guide to Departments, and their chosen sub-disciplines were added.

Journals at the Center:

American Ethnologist, American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology, Man (JRAI)

Journals on the Margins:

Anthropologica, Ethnology, Ethnos

Theory Through Time
Departments, Topics, Disciplines Dissertation Grants Graduate Student Work
1970    
1973    
1976    
1979    
1982    
1985 1985
1988    
1991    
1994    
1997    

 

Use this table of contents to navigate to different sections of the site

THEORY HOME

Anthropology Journals

Associations & Organizations

Biographies

Disciplines & Subdisciplines

 

Richard Wilk

Anthropology Department

Indiana University Bloomington

701 E. Kirkwood Ave. SB 242

Bloomington, IN 47405

812-855-3901

wilkr@indiana.edu

This site  is generously sponsored by the IU Department of Anthropology and IU Campus Instructional Consulting and was designed by Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams.