How Cellphones Make and Break Human Connections
An ethnographic study of U.S. high schoolers highlights their ambivalence toward communication technologies.
Economics
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What Problems Does Organic Cotton Solve?
Organic cotton agriculture in India fails, resoundingly, to produce as much cotton as conventional methods. But what if that’s not the point?
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Finding Calm—and Connection—in Coffee Rituals
During the pandemic, an anthropologist finds new meaning in the everyday ritual of preparing and drinking coffee.
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Tackling Care and Capitalism in College Football
This year’s college football season—which has continued in the U.S. despite serious risks to players—has put deep social inequalities in stark relief.
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An Archaeology of Marijuana
How did cannabis—a plant humans have been using for more than 10,000 years—become so vilified in the U.S.?
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When Deafness Is Not Considered a Deficit
In the Peruvian Amazon, the Maijuna peoples created their own sign language—which hints at the importance of community in the evolution of language.