Field Notes

Roux and Resilience: Eleven Years After Hurricane Katrina
Big bayou families knew cooking and sharing food could help them cope after disaster struck, but the recovery machine got in the way, creating a second, less visible crisis.
Arizona’s Inmate Firefighters
In the rugged landscapes of the American Southwest, select cohorts of incarcerated people are temporarily allowed out of prison to fight wildfires. But are they being rehabilitated or exploited?
Shattered Homes and Hard Choices in Post-Quake Nepal
In Nepal, the destruction that began with the 2015 earthquakes runs deeper than a building’s foundation. An anthropologist studies life behind the headlines.
A View From the Train Tracks
U.S. policy is effectively hiding the suffering of undocumented migrants.

Roux and Resilience: Eleven Years After Hurricane Katrina