SAPIENS’ 2023 poet-in-residence sketches the history she speaks to in three poems from Indian-occupied Kashmir. “Speak up for your lips…
Anthropologists on PalestineAmid the war on Gaza and long before, anthropologists have been speaking out against Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Here’s a…
Can We Understand One Another?The Mead-Freeman controversy draws to a close, with some answers to who was right and who was wrong. But, in…
Weaving Stories: Two Women SpeakAuthor and poet Sia Figiel and activist and anthropologist Doris Tulifau share their stories of being Samoan women. They also…
Sex, Lies, and Science WarsThe Mead-Freeman controversy reaches its climax. Scientists, scholars, and Samoans debate the nature of sexuality, culture, and truth. After anthropologist…
Into the LightChristianity and colonization deeply reshaped Samoan culture starting in the 1830s, complicating how anthropologists Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman saw…
Trashing an American IconAnthropologist Derek Freeman became Margaret Mead’s biggest critic, trying to undo her research in American Samoa and her reputation as…
We Need to Tell Our Own StoriesIn the controversies swirling around Margaret Mead’s work in American Samoa, one set of voices has too often been left…
I Was Penalized for Learning a Language at HomeA researcher explains why the Fulbright-Hays fellowship should change its rules that have kept native and heritage speakers from working…
To Wear the WindA tribal scholar from the state of Nagaland in India engages with the loss of traditional cultural practices and locates…
