Submissions

Author Guidelines

Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to Teaching Anthropology. We accept the following types of articles:

1. Original articles for peer review (6000-8000 words) that are theoretically orientated and draw on original research about wide ranging aspects of teaching, learning and pedagogy to advance theory about pedagogy and education in Anthropology. 
   
   
2. Practice in Action Reports (3000- 4000 words) that share examples of teaching practice and other educational activities to support the development and expansion of pedagogical practice within our community. The aim of these reports is to evidence and evaluate teaching practice to share practical learnings. The use of scholarship is required to contextualise practice and / or explain any theoretical concepts or frameworks used. These reports should be structured with a clear aim or argument, and explicitly state what learning is being shared from personal experience and professional practice that other educators might find useful. 

Please contact the editors if you have content for consideration that does not fit these formats.

We also encourage Blog Posts on issues and reflections relevant to teaching anthropology. Please take a look at previous entries at www.teachinganthropology.org/category/blog/ The format is casual academic prose of about 500-600 words. Please email your .docx submission to s.fukuzawa@utoronto.ca along with any copyright protected pictures (as .jpgs) and hyperlinks to websites.  If you do not have any pictures or hyperlinks we will find pictures in the creative commons.

To submit a proposal for a Special Issue please email the editors with the following information:

• Proposed Special Issue title
• Abstract: 500 words
• Number of papers proposed and type e.g. articles or practice in action reports. 
• Stage of progress (i.e contributors identified, papers already presented at a conference, articles already in draft form).
• Proposed timeline.

Preparing your Paper:

Please take the time to carefully read the following instructions to ensure your paper moves smoothly through the review, production and publication process. If your paper is not submitted according to the journal requirements, it risks being declined. 

Step 1: All submissions must be formatted using the TAJ Document Template and adhere to the journal's formatting conventions.

click here to download the TAJ Document Template

• Manuscripts should be written in the following order: title; abstract; keywords (up to 5); main text; acknowledgements (please include funding and grant-awarding bodies if applicable); disclosure statement; references. 
• Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review. All reference to the Authors and their Institution should be removed from the text.
• Manuscripts must adhere to the APA Referencing Guidelines . Further instructions are available in the TAJ document template. 

• All illustrations, figures, and tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Any images used must be high quality JPEG/JPG files and labelled sequentially e.g. Figure1, 2, 3 etc. 

Step 2: Word counts, abstract and key words 

Original articles

• Should be between 6000- 8000 words, inclusive of the abstract, key words, tables, references, figure captions.
• Should contain an abstract of 200 words followed by 5 keywords.

Practice in Action Reports 

• Should be between 3000- 4000 words, inclusive of the abstract, references, and footnotes.
• Should contain an unstructured abstract of 100 words followed by 5 keywords.

Step 3: Ensure you include a cover letter to the editors outlining the submission type (article or Practice in Action report), and confirming you have met the journal formatting requirements as outlined above. 

Editorial Process

There are no author charges for publishing in Teaching Anthropology.

Articles and Practice in Action reports are published in the annual general issue. If the issue is full, or there is a waiting list,  submissions accepted for publication will be published online as Early View in advance of the release of the corresponding Issue online and can be cited by using their Digital Object Identifier (DOI) numbers. 

This journal is run by a group of academics who are passionate about teaching and pedagogy. Editing this journal is voluntary work in addition to full time academic workloads. We appreciate your patience during busier periods of the academic year.