Susan Brownell – SAPIENS

Anthropology Magazine

Fiji rugby - A teary-eyed member of Fiji’s women’s rugby team raised the Fijian flag after the men’s rugby team won the Olympic gold medal. Viewers watched on a big-screen TV as team captain, Osea Kolinisau, kissed his wife—a public display of intimacy unusual in Fiji that seemed to move the fans.

The Untold Story Behind Fiji’s Astonishing Gold Medal

Do the Olympics Make Economic Sense?

Olympics Zika - The World Health Organization stated that there was “no public health justification” to postpone the 2016 Rio Olympics due to the Zika virus. Is the fear of Zika at the games overblown?

Zika at the Rio Games: Pandemic or Panic?

Olympic festival -- This public art installation, a 20-meter-high fabric artwork by French artist JR on top of the Hilton Santos building in Flamengo, depicts Sudanese high jumper Mohamed Younes Idris.

Rio’s Olympic Festival in the Streets

Brawn Drain - While many people get caught up in the nationalistic pageantry of the opening ceremony, the reality of the international sports world today is one of increasingly fluid citizenship among athletes.

Your Olympic Team May Be an Illusion