The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology only accepts for review manuscripts of no more than 6000 words that are written in English and submitted electronically via Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology's Manuscript Central site.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text including the manuscript title, institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s), the word count of the manuscript (including footnotes, but excluding references), an abstract (150 words), 6-10 keywords that reflect the manuscript's content, author contact details (including email addresses), and the name of the corresponding author who will check proofs and receive offprints.  When uploading their files, authors should define this non-anonymous version as “File not for review”. 

The second version of the manuscript should have all information identifying the author removed to allow it to be sent anonymously to referees. This file should be defined as “Main Document.”

If tables and/or figures form part of the manuscript, these should be attached as separate, additional files (see below) and defined as “Tables” or “Figures.”

General Points

• Keep endnotes to a minimum.
• Papers should be saved as Microsoft Word documents.
• Use The Macquarie Dictionary as the primary spelling reference, which prefers s over z: organisation, recognised, civilise.
• Paragraphs other than the first and those directly under subheadings should have a first line indentation of 1 cm, and should not be justified. Please use 1.5 spacing.
• Use a single space after a full stop.
• Authors must clearly identify and provide relevant reproduction information regarding any specialised characters or symbols that appear in a submitted paper and fall outside the range of symbols included in a standard Microsoft Word package.
• Abbreviations, contractions and acronyms
• Use full stops after abbreviations (Calif., ed., anon., et al.) but not after contractions which end with the last letter of the word (Qld, Dr, eds). Abbreviated units of measurement do not take a full stop (mm, km, kg); nor do they take an s in the plural.
• Abbreviations such as i.e., etc., and e.g. are best replaced by 'that is', 'and so on', and 'for example'. They may be used in endnotes. Such abbreviations should not be italicised.
• Avoid abbreviations which may be unfamiliar to non-academic readers, such as vide, viz., and op. cit. However, abbreviations such as cf. and et seq. may be unavoidable.
• Do not use full stops in acronyms (UNESCO) or in abbreviations with capital letters (NSW, WA).

Apostrophes
Do not use an apostrophe when representing decades of a century (1930s) or when making an abbreviation plural (MPs, NG0s). In general, use s's for the possessive form of names ending with an s (Waters's).

Capitalisation
Capitals should be kept to a minimum. When given in full, proper names of people, institutions and organisations require capitals (the Department of Home Affairs); shortened forms used subsequently do not (the department).

Citations
In the author-date (Harvard system), a textual citation generally requires only the name of the author(s) and the year of publication (and specific page(s) if necessary).

Examples

It is futile to maintain that the sexes are interchangeable (Moir & Jessel 1991).
It is futile to maintain that the sexes are interchangeable (Moir & Jessel 1991, p. 94).
Moir and Jessel (1991) have shown that it is futile to maintain that the sexes are interchangeable.
Moir and Jessel (1991, pp. 93-4) have shown that it is futile to maintain that the sexes are interchangeable.

Notes and bibliography/list of references should appear at the end of the article or chapter. The bibliography should include all (and only) works cited in the main text. For guidelines on completing the bibliography, please see the Bibliography Style Sheet below.

Italics
Italics are used for foreign words and phrases (other than proper names), for titles of published works, plays, CDs, films, television and radio programs.

Examples
adat but Orde Baru
kastom but Tok Pisin

Spans of numbers should contain the fewest possible number of digits, for example, use pp. 341-6 rather than pp. 341-346. The same applies for dates, for example 1862-1923, 1904-5, 1987-98. Use an en (short) dash for these.

Quotations
Use single smart quotes in the first instance; double smart quotes within a quote. Punctuation that is a part of the quote should appear within the quotation marks.

Quotes of more than forty words should be indented from the left margin, without quotation marks.

Do not use spaces either side of an ellipsis: the man...went on; once again...Then he stopped.

Maps and illustrations
Maps, illustrations and other pictorial elements should be submitted as separate electronic files in .tif, .jpeg. or .gif format. These files should be clearly named and consecutively numbered (e.g. Figure 1; Figure 2; Plate 1; Plate 2).

Authors should clearly indicate where in the text such maps and illustrations are to appear in the following manner Figure 1.1 here and include relevant headings and captions. Authors must also provide any necessary attributions/credits and permissions for use of these elements. Please also supply the captions as a separate Word file.

Tables
Tables can be included in the text, and must also be consecutively numbered and include relevant headings and captions. Tables should be supplied as a separate Word file.

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Bibliography Style Sheet
Please make sure all required information is included, such as page numbers for journal articles, chapters in books and edited collections; names of all authors/editors; and that the full title is included, including the subtitle.

Please note: If you are a user of Endnote we have created an output style for our journal. Please email tapja@anu.edu.au and this file can be sent to you by reply email.

Journal Article
The details required, in order, are:

1. name/s of author/s of the article (surname, and initials or given name)
2. year of publication
3. title of article, in single quotation marks
4. title of periodical (italicised)
5. volume number
6. issue (or part) number
7. page number(s)

Schlecker, M. & Hirsch, E. (2000) 'Incomplete knowledge: ethnography and the crisis of context in studies of media, science and technology', History of the Human Sciences, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 312-32.

Book
The details required in order are:

1. name/s of author/s, editor/s, compiler/s (surname, and initials or given name), or the institution responsible
2. year of publication
3. title of publication and subtitle if any (all titles must be italicised)
4. series title and individual volume if any
5. edition, if other than first
6. publisher
7. place of publication
8. page number(s) if applicable

One author
Alexander, J. (1987) Trade, Traders and Trading in Rural Java, Oxford University Press, Singapore.

Two or more authors
Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1987) A Thousand Plateaus, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.

Grimes, C. E., Therik, T., Grimes, B. D. & Jacob, M. (1997) A Guide to the People and Languages of Nusa Tenggara, Artha Wacana Press, Kupang.

Editor(s)
Nordstrom, C. & Robben, A. C. G. M. (eds) (1995) Fieldwork Under Fire: Contemporary Studies of Violence and Survival, University of California Press, Berkeley.

Howell, S. (ed.) (1996) For the Sake of Our Future: Sacrificing in Eastern Indonesia, Research School of the Centre of Non-Western Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, Leiden.

Sponsored by institution, corporation or other organisation
Australian Government Publishing Service (1994) Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, 5th edn, AGPS, Canberra.

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (1999) Research of Interest to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, National Board of Employment, Education and Training, Australian Research Council, Canberra.

Series
Simons, R. C. (1996) Boo!: Culture, Experience and the Startle Reflex, Series in Affective Science, Oxford University Press, New York.

Edition
McTaggart, D., Findlay, C. & Parkin, M. (1995) Economics, 2nd edn, Addison- Wesley, Sydney.

Chapter in edited book
Stephen, M. (1979) 'Sorcery, magic and the Mekeo world view', in Powers, Plumes and Piglets: Phenomena of Melanesian Religion, eds N. Habel & G. Teller, Australian Association for the Study of Religion, Bedford Park, pp. 149-60.

No author or editor
If no author is given, the title is used as the first element of the reference. Alphabetise the entry by the first main word of the title in the bibliography.
The CCH Macquarie Dictionary of Business (1993) CCH Australia, North Ryde, NSW.

Other Non-Electronic Items

Conference paper
Mosko, M. (2000) 'Syncretic persons: Sociality, agency and personhood in recent charismatic ritual practices among North Mekeo (PNG)', Australian Anthropological Society annual meeting, Perth, WA.

Dissertation/Thesis

Submitted
Winn, P. G. (2002) Banda and Blessed Land, PhD Thesis, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

Yet to be submitted
Smith, J. (2004) 'Social Work Education in Scotland', unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Glasgow.

Newspaper
Simpson, L. (1987) 'Education goes private', The Sunday Times, 13 Oct., p. 10.

'Indonesia's gold jewelry exports surge' (1999) Bernama (Kuala Lumpur), 16 Jan., p. 12.

Audio/Visual Material
The details required are the same as for a book, with the form of the item (eg videorecording, tape, etc.) indicated prior to the year.

Hawkins, R. (videorecording) (2000) Since the Company Came: A Story from the Rainforests of the Solomon Islands, Ronin Films, Canberra, ACT.

No author
If no author is given, the title is used as the first element of the reference. Alphabetise the entry by the first main word of the title in the bibliography.

Hacker Attack (videorecording) (1995) SBS, Sydney.

Electronic Media
This could include sources from the Internet, compact disk products, electronic journals or other electronic sources.

The basic form of the citations is as follows:

1. name/s of author/s
2. date of publication
3. title of publication
4. publisher/organisation
5. edition, if other than first
6. type of medium
7. name or site address on internet (if applicable)
8. date item accessed.

International Crisis Group (2000) 'Indonesia: overcoming murder and violence in Maluku', ICG Asia Report No. 10, Available at: http: //www.crisisweb.org// library/documents/report_archive/A400320_19121999.pdf (Accessed 19 December 2000).

Shirk, A. V. (1997) 'Moses Asch & Smithsonian/Folkways', Old-Time Herald Online, vol. 6, no. 1. Available at: http://www.oldtimeherald.org/pages/6- 1/6-1asch.htm (Accessed 25 October 2003.)

Sample Bibliography

Australian Government Publishing Service (1994) Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, 5th edn, AGPS, Canberra.

The CCH Macquarie Dictionary of Business (1993) CCH Australia, North Ryde, NSW.

Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1987) A Thousand Plateaus, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.

Hawkins, R. (videorecording) (2000) Since the Company Came: A Story from the Rainforests of the Solomon Islands, Ronin Films, Canberra, ACT.

McTaggart, D., Findlay, C. & Parkin, M. (1995) Economics, 2nd edn, Addison- Wesley, Sydney.

Mosko, M. (2000) 'Syncretic persons: Sociality, agency and personhood in recent charismatic ritual practices among North Mekeo (PNG)', Australian Anthropological Society annual meeting, Perth, WA.

Nordstrom, C. & Robben, A. C. G. M. (eds) (1995) Fieldwork under fire: Contemporary Studies of Violence and Survival, University of California Press, Berkeley.

Schlecker, M. & Hirsch, E. (2000) 'Incomplete knowledge: ethnography and the crisis of context in studies of media, science and technology', History of the Human Sciences, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 312-32.

Simons, R. C. (1996) Boo!: Culture, Experience and the Startle Reflex, Series in Affective Science, Oxford University Press, New York.

Stephen, M. (1979) 'Sorcery, magic and the Mekeo world view', in Powers, Plumes and Piglets: Phenomena of Melanesian Religion, eds N. Habel & G. Teller, Australian Association for the Study of Religion, Bedford Park, pp. 149-60.