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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
A radiologist examines an X-ray image of human lungs on two computer screens.
interview / Maladies

At the Limits of Cure for Tuberculosis

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
In a new book, anthropologist Bharat Venkat reflects on the history of TB, a seemingly curable yet increasingly deadly disease.
essay / Wayfinding

How to Survive Climate Change in the India-Bangladesh Borderlands

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
As erosion and rising waters threaten the Sundarbans, an anthropologist advocates for new, bottom-up approaches to living in a changing landscape.
Water scarcity - Residents in Mumbai collect water at a community tank.
essay / Human Rights

Searching for the Sources of Water Scarcity

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
An anthropologist’s extensive study of water scarcity in Mumbai reveals how such crises are often driven less by nature’s limits and more by human choices.