In many parts of Africa, investments and migration from China have sparked tensions with local residents—but some Chinese migrants are…
Want to Make Academic Writing More Readable? Ask a High School Student.The Demystifying Language Project brings together New York City high school and college students with linguistic anthropologists to make research…
Caring Across Distance—One Call at a TimeAn anthropologist explores how a phone call home may seem simple but carries layers of meaning for migrating nurses and…
Huh? The Valuable Role of InterjectionsUtterances like “um,” “wow,” and “mm-hmm” aren’t garbage, they keep conversations flowing. This article was originally published at Knowable Magazine…
A Linguist’s Night at the BallWalk with a linguistic anthropologist through the sounds, politics, and fabulosity of a kiki ball in Puerto Rico. Since its…
The Hopes and Hazards for AI in Reconstructing Ancient WorldsAn archaeologist explains how generative artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape our views of ancient people, arguing that a…
Broken Sonnets for the AnthropoceneThe speaker in this broken sonnet form utters disobedience for structures that extract care in the Anthropocene. “Broken Sonnets for…
Connecting Local Communities to Paleoanthropology in KenyaOn Rusinga Island, a grassroots group is celebrating the field assistants who helped find famous fossils and inspiring future generations…
The First Space Launch for MauritiusAn anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about unequal…
Passing NotesThe speaker of a poem refuses linguistic erasure, passing secret notes with untranslated lines in Korean—keeping the language alive during…
