Unable to vote in her home country, a Venezuelan immigrant in Chile decides to organize her own mock election. In…
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…
DebitageUsing an original poetic form, a poet chips away at a difficult history—becoming an agent of her own remaking and…
The Strange Power of LaughterAn anthropologist explores laughter as a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight—reflecting on its surprising power to disturb and…
Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way ThroughIn a themed collection, poets trace contours of power to critique colonialism, environmental destruction, and social violence while transforming the…
Five Reasons Why Trump Won AgainIn an effort to address toxic polarization in the U.S., an anthropologist of the “Trumpiverse” explains MAGA supporters’ thinking in…
Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS JobsAnthropologist David Graeber’s celebrated theory of “bullshit jobs” continues to provide a critical window into why modern work is often…
Griko’s Poetic WhisperIn two poems, an anthropologist speaks to the timelessness and constant change of the minority language Griko in the Italian…
Smartphones Are Bicycles for Our MindsThe proliferation of smartphones is transforming basic structures of human existence, experience, and performance. How do these machines change what…
Grappling With Guilt Inside a System of Structural ViolenceCriminals and Gangmembers Anonymous, a 12-step recovery program, has proliferated in California’s carceral system. An anthropologist investigates the program, which…
