When Anthropology Meets the Graphic Novel in Thailand
An anthropologist, comic artist, and translator collaborated to bring the complexities of one human story to life in the English translation of The King of Bangkok.
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You Won’t Survive the Apocalypse Alone
In times of societal collapse—including pandemics—past societies persevered not by running away but by banding together.
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Do Things Have to Be This Way?
In The Dawn of Everything, archaeologist David Wengrow and the late anthropologist David Graeber question the West’s most deeply entrenched—and often damaging—assumptions about human nature and society.
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The Diet of the Future Is a Menu That Draws From the Ancient Past
An archaeologist and TV star transforms ancient hunting, gathering, and food processing technologies into lessons on how to prepare and consume nourishing food today—and he runs into his own past struggles with disordered eating.
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Mourning Kin After the End of Cannibalism
A Brazilian anthropologist reflects on the death of her adopted father, an Indigenous Wari' man from Amazonia, and what he taught her about mortuary cannibalism and other rituals of grieving.
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Introducing the Other “AI”: Anthropology Intelligence
Anthropologist and journalist Gillian Tett explains the surprising ways anthropological methods and tools can help us better understand the contemporary world.