FOR CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

About the Journal

Cargo is peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Association for Social Anthropology (CASA) with collaboration with the Institute of Anthropological Studies at Comenius University in Bratislava, and Slovak Association of Social Anthropologists (SASA).

Cargo contains texts in Czech, Slovak, and English. Journal Cargo is listed in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), section C.

Aims and scope

Cargo focus on theory-and-practice of ethnographic research, critical discussion of anthropological theory, and on ethical issues of conducting anthropological knowledge. The journal publishes academic articles, interviews with key scholars in anthropology, and texts debating methods of teaching anthropology.

Cargo seeks to present materials that are innovative, challenging, and sometimes experimental. As a journal publishing texts in Czech, Slovak, and English, Cargo aims to reach scholars whose fieldwork and topics are close to geographical area of Central and East Europe.

Peer review policy

Submitted manuscripts are initially reviewed by editor-in-chief and some other members of the editorial board for intrinsic quality, contribution to debate and suitability for the journal.  Some submissions can be rejected or be returned with the recommendation to revise and resubmit at this stage, accompanied by comments. Papers that receive a balance of favourable reviews and are considered a high priority for space in the journal will be refereed by specialists in their subject matter.  At this phase, the reviewing process is also anonymous: the authors´ names are always concealed from the reviewers´ and reviewers’ names are always concealed from the submitting author.  Authors are then sent all the accumulated comments, which may contain suggestions for minor or more substantial revisions.

Decisions on manuscripts will be taken as rapidly as possible. Although Cargo aims to provide authors with a preliminary response within two months of submission, the increasing demands on the time of our specialist peer reviewers will sometimes result in longer turnaround times.

Article types

Cargo expects articles with maximal length of 63,000 characters, including notes and bibliography Articles must include an abstract (150-200 words) and five to ten key words.

Submission of manuscripts

All submissions to the journal should be made electronically to cargo.casa@gmail.com

Books for review should be sent to:

Zdeněk Uherek

Cargo

Na Florenci 3

130 00 Prague

Czech Republic

Journal contributor’s publishing agreement

Before publication CASA requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement . CASA’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants CASA the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright.  Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than CASA. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society.

Declaration of conflicting interests

Within your Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement you will be required to make a certification with respect to a declaration of conflicting interests. Cargo does not require a declaration of conflicting interests but recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the website of the CASA.

Acknowledgements

Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of the first sentence of your article prior to any notes and your References.

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an ‘Acknowledgements’ section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.

Funding Acknowledgement

Cargo requires all Authors in receipt of funding to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading.  All research articles should have a funding acknowledgement in the form of a sentence as follows, with the funding agency written out in full, followed by the grant number in square brackets: “This work was supported by the XYZ Foundation [grant number xxx]”.

Permissions

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, or figures previously published elsewhere.

Reference Style

Cargo adheres to the Harvard reference style. Click here to review the guidelines on Harvard to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.

Complimentary Copies

CASA provides authors a complimentary copy of the print issue in which the article appears.

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