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An anthropologist traces how transgender women navigate state-sponsored religious programs aimed at “rehabilitating” LGBTQ+ Muslims. ✽ Dora and I walked…
In Japan, the Philosophical Stance Against Having ChildrenAn anthropologist delves beyond simplistic portrayals of the anti-natalist movement to understand what motivates its adherents. ✽ Growing up in…
The Sacred Heartbeat at Houston PrideAn anthropologist participates in the Houston Pride Parade, offering dance, music, and prayer with others to counter intensifying oppression faced…
The Power of MistrustA group of anthropologists working in Indonesia explores how mistrust among on-demand drivers—toward companies and one another—can be a form…
Five Questions for Brian GoldstoneIn this live discussion, journalist and anthropologist Brian Goldstone answers questions about his searing investigation of the working unhoused—and what…
Reclaiming Collective Life in a Fractured U.S.After Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win, an anthropologist set out across the U.S. to understand the nation’s deepening divides.…
South Africa’s Road Out of ColonialismA lawyer and anthropologist examines the history of the longest road in South Africa and why a proposed extension may…
Where Cultures CollideFor the eighth season of the SAPIENS podcast, we’re meeting at a crossroads of cultures—past and present—in search of humanity’s…
Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the LivingA group of forensic anthropologists argues their field must reject the myth of pure objectivity and challenge systemic inequities through…
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and ActivismWhen activist and anthropologist Graeber died unexpectedly in 2020, scholars gathered to mourn him. Contributors to a resulting volume, As…
