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Aims 

Novos Debates is an academic forum promoted by the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA) and aimed at researchers in anthropology at all career levels. Its goal is to be a dynamic journal for disseminating ongoing and recently completed research in Brazil, while also establishing itself as a critical space for theoretical, methodological, and policy discussions important to the discipline and the groups we work with in our research and professional actions. Novos Debates creates a dynamic space for dialogue, opinions, and debates necessary for the continuous renewal of the discipline and the training of new generations of researchers in anthropology.

 

Section Policies

New Research

This section continuously receives texts that address ongoing or recently completed research, from undergraduate to doctoral levels. It aims to provide a concise presentation of the research's objectives, questions, methodology, and conclusions. Texts should articulate ethnographic data and theory. We do not accept literature reviews or the presentation of research projects yet to be carried out. This section fulfills the role of broad and dynamic dissemination of research on contemporary topics.

The maximum length is 10,000 words, including bibliographic references.

Forum

This section serves as a space for debating central theoretical, methodological, and policy issues for contemporary anthropological reflection and practice, focusing on a problem or theme to be debated by all invited collaborators. It is open to both epistemological or theoretical problems that pervade much of today's anthropological research and discussions on the political and social landscape, or challenges related to anthropological practice in the 21st century. This section can be organized by guest editors or based on spontaneous submissions of Forum proposals around a “problem.” Thus, it differs from the New Research section, as it is a space for debating specific issues, even if based on the individual research of invited researchers. It is also not a thematic dossier, as it seeks to be a debate forum. To explore available electronic resources, we propose that readers also submit contributions to the Forum after its publication. We believe this possibility is a powerful tool for fostering discussions among young researchers and for showing the “state of the art” of certain anthropological themes and problems, with contemporary contributions from researchers currently dedicated to such topics.

The maximum length is 10,000 words, including bibliographic references.

Essays

We also invite researchers to submit texts to the Essays section, which is open to critical texts on current public debate topics (such as indigenous issues, sexual rights, political demonstrations, anthropology education, university system expansion, health policies, among others) or contemporary debates in anthropology. The maximum length is 10,000 words, including bibliographic references.

Pedagogical

This section is dedicated to articles on teaching anthropology and experience reports supported by ethnographic and/or theoretical reflections on the transmission of the discipline inside or outside the classroom. Contributions can address formal university teaching practices of the discipline, as well as experiences of transmitting the discipline in schools, extension projects, and various contexts. We accept articles and essays, but also dossiers with material produced by students resulting from innovative pedagogical experiences. It is not just about publishing articles resulting from courses, but publishing material, duly presented and contextualized, that contributes to the reflection on possible ways of teaching anthropology.

The maximum length is 10,000 words, including bibliographic references.

Craft

We accept articles and reports on the professional practice of anthropology beyond scientific institutions and higher education. With the expansion and growing professionalization of the discipline, the presence of anthropologists in various public and private institutions, such as public agencies, NGOs, and consultancies, as well as their work as independent professionals in different types of professional ventures, is increasingly significant. In this context, we invite colleagues to reflect in a qualified manner on the role of anthropology in building institutions, public policies, public debates, and even other central fields of activity in the contemporary world. What does anthropology have to offer to these different non-academic universes, and what can they offer to anthropology research and teaching at the university? We also accept contributions on the profession of anthropology at the university, as long as they are dedicated to more institutional considerations regarding the field of anthropology.

The maximum length is 10,000 words, including bibliographic references.

Variations

Since its embryonic period, at least since the 19th century, anthropology has resorted to different forms of recording and textuality: drawings, photographs, field notes, field diaries, fiction, poetry, exhibitions, etc. Although scientific text has consolidated, like other sciences, as the transmission form par excellence of anthropological research, this diversity of formats has always been constitutive of anthropological practice due to its creative power and ethnographic sensitivity. Thus, we invite the submission of contributions in less usual formats, ranging from artistic expressions to technological experiments, with the aim of producing decentralized and critical forms of ethnographic and theoretical thought. We are open to the most diverse and unexpected forms of contribution.

Compositions

This section is dedicated to the dissemination of visual anthropology works. It receives videos, photographic essays, and occasionally other formats proposed and of potential interest to anthropological research. On one hand, it plays an important role in publishing audiovisual works, increasingly abundant, of quality and heuristic potential for anthropological reflection; on the other hand, it represents an important editorial advance in incorporating new formats and languages in times of consolidation of electronic publications.

The compositions must be submitted in the following format:

Photographic essays

• Photographic essays must be submitted in Presentation format (DOC. or DOCX.).
• They must contain a title and the author's name, along with a presentation of the research, no longer than 500 words (including spaces).
• One essay per author will be accepted with up to 10 photographs, in a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Captions are optional.

Audiovisual productions

• Videos of any length will be accepted.
• For submission, it is necessary to send a text file (doc or docx) with the following information: (a) The link to the video/film already published on the internet (YouTube or Vimeo); (b) the names of the directors, year of production, format, and duration; and (c) a comment on the video/film with a maximum of 500 words, including spaces.

The submission of audiovisual works implies acceptance of our Copyright Policy as stated in About the Journal (we no longer request the signing of a declaration form).

Reviews

Following the composition of most academic journals in the humanities, Novos Debates has a reviews section open to presenting books, films, and exhibitions of potential anthropological interest, as we understand it is an important text format for circulating and critiquing anthropological production. While employing this traditional section common to our field's journals, we are also open to discussing other types of works, such as films and exhibitions.

The maximum length is 2,500 words, including bibliographic references.

Translations

Aligning with perspectives that value the importance of initiatives aimed at reducing inequality in access to knowledge, in this section, we wish to publish works not yet available in Portuguese, considered relevant to anthropology and its various fields of interest. We created this new section to welcome and publish translations of works by authors considered "classics," but not only. Maintaining the broader editorial line that accompanies Novos Debates, we aim to encourage the translation of authors working outside the hegemonic knowledge production axis centered in the global North and also to open space for initiatives to disseminate recent productions and less known but undeniably relevant materials for the anthropological field.

Interviews

Finally, we welcome interviews with researchers, public agents, or members of social movements, which can be submitted for editorial review. In this issue, Novos Debates is interested in interviews with anthropologists who have experience working in public agencies, NGOs, etc., and who work or have worked in processes of territorial rights recognition. For now, we will only accept interviews in text format. The maximum length is 8,000 words, including bibliographic references.

Submissions must strictly adhere to the norms described below.

1. We accept texts in Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French.
2. Novos Debates is open to contributions from other disciplines besides anthropology, provided the works present potential interest to the anthropological community.
3. The submission guidelines are as follows: Font: Times New Roman 12; Spacing: 1.5; Margins: 2.5 (top and bottom) by 3.0 (sides).
4. The use of images and other resources (videos, drawings, sounds, etc.) is encouraged, provided they respect copyright and image rights and are credited. We suggest that each manuscript contains at least one image.
5. Notes should appear as footnotes, never at the end of the text.
6. The manuscript file must be in “.doc” or “.docx” format and SHOULD NOT contain any author identification, including name, institutional affiliation, or email. Personal identification data are part of the registration step. In the case of self-citation, replace your name with "Author." For example, if your name is Márcio de Souza, use (Author 2012: 120) in the text and do not insert the reference at the end of the text.
7. The formatting of bibliographic references must follow the guidelines described below. We emphasize that perfect adherence to the formatting of references will be especially observed for the evaluation of received works.
8. All texts must contain a brief abstract and five keywords.

 

Guidelines for Formatting Bibliographic References

References must strictly adhere to the following standards and should be as detailed as possible, including the DOI of articles when available.

For in-text citations, use: (Author, date)

Example: (Lomnitz, 1987:53)

In Bibliographic References at the end of the document, use the following formatting:

Books

PEIRANO, Mariza. 2006. A Teoria Vivida: E Outros Ensaios. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar.

Edited Books

LIMA FILHO, Manuel; ABREU, Regina; ATHIAS, Renato. (Eds.). 2016. Museus e Atores Sociais: Perspectivas Antropológicas. Recife: UFPE.

Book Chapter

VISVANATHAN, Shiv. 2008. “Hegemonía oficial y pluralismos contestatarios”. In: Gustavo Lins Ribeiro and Arturo Escobar. Antropologías del mundo. Popayán, Colombia: Diseño Grafico e Impresiones. pp. 287-310.

Article

DAS, Veena. 1993. “Sociological Research in India: The State of Crisis”. Economic and Political Weekly 28(23): 1159-1161.

Thesis

VIDAL, Lux. 1973. Put-Karôt (Xikrin), grupo indígena do Brasil Central. Doctoral Thesis in Social Anthropology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo.