Does the transition from childhood to adulthood have to be so difficult? This question sent famed anthropologist Margaret Mead to…
The Problems With Coming of AgeA famed anthropologist’s controversial research in American Samoa reveals the biggest questions about growing up and being human. This special…
Raising My Children in an Ableist WorldIn a new book, an anthropologist and father of three, including a daughter with Down syndrome, reflects on the pressures…
What Spider Games Say About ArachnophobiaMany people around the world fear spiders. But in the Philippines, the tradition of spider wrestling often brings people and…
A Love Letter to the Munay-KiA poet exuberantly gives thanks for the Munay-Ki rites enlivened across the ages and shared by the Q’ero people in…
When I See Spring in Your Eyes/yeli bU’ vuċh canen Ạċhen mnz nō bharA poet-anthropologist from Indian-occupied Kashmir speaks of hope as inherited through memories of resilience in the past and present. “When…
Finding Mrs. JacksonFrom your backyard to a hill by the ocean, you can come upon an archaeological find just about anywhere. But…
What It Means to be Human in an AsylumA sociocultural anthropologist from Pakistan speaks to how women in asylums in a patriarchal culture are in a battle between…
I Do This for You, MomOne day, a woman in Baltimore received a text message from her mother wishing her a happy holiday. But something…
A Story of Icelandic SkullsAn anthropologist journeys to the Arctic Circle and finds a surprising story about the human remains that end up in…
