Background History of the Journal

The Anthropology Matters journal grows out of a paper-based journal that has been published since 1999 by students at the School of Oriental and African Studies. That journal has its roots in the student-run anthropology research-training seminar, first supported in 1997 by the National Network for Learning and Teaching Anthropology, the FDTL-funded precursor to C-SAP. The journal was circulated to students and staff within the department and to all other UK anthropology departments. The Anthropology Matters Editorial Collective recognised that an on-line journal would be a means of expanding the conversation around research training outwards from SOAS to more effectively involve anthropology departments throughout the United Kingdom and potentially worldwide.