HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Published by University of Chicago Press
ISSN : 2575-1433 eISSN : 2049-1115
Abbreviation : HAU J. Ethnogr. Theory
Aims & Scope
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, is an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal which aims to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology, and return it to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline.
The journal is motivated by the need to reinstate ethnographic theorization in contemporary anthropology as a potent alternative to its 'explanation' or 'contextualization' by philosophical arguments, moves which have resulted in a loss of the discipline’s distinctive theoretical nerve.
By drawing out its potential to critically engage and challenge Western cosmological assumptions and conceptual determinations, HAU aims to provide an exciting new arena for evaluating ethnography as a daring enterprise for 'worlding' alien terms and forms of life, by exploiting their potential for rethinking humanity and alterity.
HAU takes its name from Mauss’ Spirit of the Gift, an anthropological concept that derives its theoretical potential precisely from the translational inadequations and equivocations involved in comparing the incomparable.
Through their reversibility, such inferential misunderstandings invite us to explore how encounters with alterity occasion the resurgence and revisitation of indigenous knowledge practices.
As an online journal, HAU stresses immediacy of publication, allowing for the timely publication and distribution of untimely ideas.
Aiming to attract the most daring thinkers in the discipline, regardless of position or background, HAU also places no restriction on further publication of material published by the journal...
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2025 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 0.50 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 0.355 |
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| 2024 | Q2 |
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| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 49 |
Journal Rank
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| 2024 | 15006 |
Journal Citation Indicator
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| 2024 | 144 |
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