Elder
A poet-anthropologist of the African diaspora travels from a northern city to his ancestral home in the rural U.S. South—both as a memory and a belonging.
Emotions
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Why Couldn’t Iron Age People Throw Some Stuff Away?
People often find it difficult to dispose of everyday objects after a loved one’s death. Similar feelings may explain items buried in the walls of Iron Age homes.
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Brotherhood and Anti-Blackness in College Football
As another college football season begins, an anthropologist explores how Black athletes navigate racism by caring for one another on and off the gridiron.
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Rethinking Masculinity: Fathers as Caregivers
An anthropologist explores whether the qualities fathers acquire though caregiving shifts their understandings of manhood.
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Ethiopia
A poet-anthropologist from Nigeria recollects the symbolic power of Ethiopia in the time before his country’s independence from Britain in 1960.
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What Makes Injections Hard to Swallow?
An anthropological assessment of the differences between pills and injections may shed some light on vaccine hesitancy.