Reflections
Death as Something We Make
An anthropologist dives deeply into how “medical aid-in-dying” is transforming the ethics and aesthetics of death.
SAPIENS
Features
Crisis
Can Social Scientists Help Control Epidemics?
New collaborative efforts, such as the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, are allowing anthropologists and other scholars to help align public health efforts with the on-the-ground knowledge and lived experience of people facing epidemics.
Crisis
Can the Holy Spirit Be Livestreamed?
What worshipping online during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant to African Australians.
Reflections
Why Are Black People's Remains in Museums?
Two archaeologists consider how the remains of thousands of Black people ended up in U.S. museums and what it would take for these institutions to begin to address the harm they have caused.
Viewpoint
Stop Erasing Transgender Stories From History
Remembering that human sex and gender lie across a spectrum in the past is vital to curbing violence toward gender-nonconforming people today.
Crossroads
Why a Mexican Village’s DIY Cellphone Network Matters
When an Indigenous community in Oaxaca, snubbed by telecom giants, created its own mobile network, things didn’t go exactly as planned. But the experiment revealed the strength of its social bonds.