How COVID-19 Is Changing People’s Relationships With Houseplants
An anthropologist digs into what the current “botanic boom” reveals about people’s interactions with nature and with one another.
Culture
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Waterloo-Redfern and the Racism Rooted in Cities
Protestors toppling statues spur an anthropologist to look at the underlying urban politics that reproduce colonial and racist systems in Australia’s Waterloo-Redfern housing plans.
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A Japanese Sea Spirit Battles COVID-19
The world has become enchanted with a three-legged mermaid called Amabie, said to help fight plague.
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The Public Problem With Counterterrorism
Ethnographic research with people who have survived terrorist attacks and with those who protect the public reveals how little these two groups understand each other.
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Why White Kids Need Hamilton More Than Ever
The retelling of one of America’s Founding Fathers showcases how some people need to hustle to get ahead—highlighting the problems of systemic racism in U.S. society.
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The Dead Must Be Counted
An unknown number of people who die from COVID-19, like migrants who die during perilous journeys, are left out of governments' official death counts.