How Traditional Knowledge Opens Nature’s Medicine Cabinet
In Peru, the challenge of providing health care to the country's citizens has spurred interest in alternative medicines that draw on cultural traditions.
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Japan’s Wartime Past Looms Large Over Militarization Efforts
A community's memories are shaping its resistance to the Japanese government's plan to build a new defensive missile system.
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A New Generation Is Reviving Indigenous Tattooing
People in Arctic and Northwest Coast communities are uncovering the therapeutic history of tattoos.
Remembering the Woman Who Was My Second Mother in Cuba
Upon the death of her friend and childhood nanny in Cuba, an anthropologist reflects on the gifts exchanged over decades of reunion amid cultural and economic changes on the island.
