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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
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
A person wearing bright blue gloves stands on rocks next to a body of water holding dirty individual masks that have become waste.
op-ed / Crisis

Should You Feel Bad About Your Pandemic-Era Plastic Waste?

Justin Lau and Michelle Cheng
Anthropologists in Hong Kong explore how COVID-19 has intensified consumers’ reliance on single-use plastics—revealing the limits of individual action in the face of a global crisis.
Harmony - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong hold up their hands to represent their five demands for the city’s government.
op-ed / Expressions

When Harmony Silences Resistance

Justin Lau
The recent violence in Hong Kong has stunned the world, but one anthropologist sees a much less visible threat.