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Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Peru’s Oldest Archaeological Sites
essay / Field Notes

The Race to Recover South America’s Ancient Past

Barbara Fraser
In the face of development pressure and climate change, researchers are toiling to find and preserve ancient sites in Peru that hold clues to how people first traversed a continent.
As practices associated with the use of ayahuasca grow in popularity, so do concerns about the non-Indigenous appropriation of Indigenous traditions.
essay / Culture Lab

The Perils and Privileges of an Amazonian Hallucinogen

Barbara Fraser
Tourism based on consumption of the plant brew known as ayahuasca is booming, for better and for worse.
essay / Reflections

Rubber Barons’ Abuses Live On in Memory and Myth

Barbara Fraser and Leonardo Tello Imaina
Indigenous South Americans who lived during the rubber era weave fact and myth to pass down their collective memories as both witnesses and survivors.