An Excavation of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Contemplating Pompeii’s sudden demise in A.D. 79, an anthropologist asks what future generations will uncover when they sift through the pandemic’s remains.
Disasters
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The Fire This Time: Black and Indigenous Ecologies
This panel, composed of leading Black and Indigenous archaeologists and artists, considers what it means to confront the challenges of a changing climate alongside the legacies of environmental racism.
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How to “Co-Live” With a Natural Hazard
The ways in which Andean villagers have adapted to a neighboring volcano could offer lessons to other communities in reframing risks and responding to disasters.
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What Makes Vaccines Social?
Some people are wary of or may refuse vaccines. Social scientists are part of a movement to encourage self-empowerment to end the current pandemic.
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The CDC Needs Social Science
Sickness is not just biological—it’s social. That’s why social science should be central to controlling and preventing diseases.
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Moments of Resilience Amid a Pandemic
SAPIENS podcast host Chip Colwell discusses resilience among African American communities with Melanie Adams, of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum.