Abstract
Anyone can review creative anthropology. The review process for creative work does not rely on every reviewer having technical knowledge of the genre. It involves engaging at a subjective and experiential level, as well as via a rigorous scholarly lens you might be more used to. Peer reviewing creative anthropological work is an invitation—a kind of meeting place where thought and form intertwine, opening space not just for critique but for mutual imagination. (Look at ‘Empathy and Dialogue: Embracing the Art of Creative Review’ in this Anthropology and Humanism issue to learn more about the philosophical underpinnings and politics of creative review.) A good review is also a care review. Care is operationalized through thinking together; that is, thinking with the author instead of against them—a collaboration of sorts that moves against the grain of judgmental, evaluative forms of review. Creative anthropology thrives on exploration, and so should your review—but how?