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Evaluates an anthropology project's fit for American Anthropologist (AA) and selects the appropriate publication section based on four-field significance.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/american-anthropologist-skills:amanthro-topic-selectionThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
AA is the **flagship four-field journal** of the American Anthropological Association. The bar is not
AA is the flagship four-field journal of the American Anthropological Association. The bar is not "new to my subfield" — it is "matters to anthropology broadly." A great paper makes a finding in sociocultural, archaeological, biological, or linguistic anthropology legible and useful to readers in the other fields. Use this skill to pressure-test fit and section before you invest.
A strong AA paper usually clears all four:
amanthro-research-design).amanthro-transparency-and-data).| Home subfield | Reach to four-field anthropology by… |
|---|---|
| Sociocultural | draw the portable concept/mechanism, not just the ethnographic particular; speak to theory others can use |
| Archaeology | connect material/temporal evidence to general claims about social life, not only site chronology |
| Biological / physical | tie human-variation or evolutionary findings to social and cultural meaning, not biology alone |
| Linguistic | show what the language data reveal about culture, power, or cognition beyond the grammar |
| Reflexive / public | make the methodological/ethical/political stake one the whole discipline shares |
amanthro-tables-figures).【Question】one sentence
【Four-field reach】who outside the subfield cares, and why
【Contribution type】concept / reframing / decisive case / corrected record
【Section】Research Article / Vital Topics / World / Public / Multimodal / Review Essay
【Ethics flag】any consent / community-accountability / heritage issue to design for now?
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】amanthro-literature-positioning
../../resources/external_tools.md — data/archives/lab sources by subfield../../resources/official-source-map.md — AA sections and scopenpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin american-anthropologist-skillsPressure-tests anthropology projects for fit with Current Anthropology's field-shaping standard and selects the right article type (Major Article, Report, Forum, etc.).
Routes American Anthropologist manuscript work to the correct sub-skill based on lifecycle stage, subfield, and section type. Dispatches without drafting.
Helps decide whether a sociology project fits the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) and how to frame it for theoretical ambition and general significance.