While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.
A 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…
a love letter to my qáqnaʔA sqilxʷ poet and artist who currently lives in Mohkínstsis, Treaty 7 in Canada speaks to their grandmother of longing…
Seeker of Life/Kawsay ThawiqA Quechua poet and linguist speaks to the conflicting feelings some Indigenous groups experience when non-Native paleoarchaeologists and others visit…
A Tree’s TongueA Nigerian poet-anthropologist witnesses the powerful rising up of ancestors through the revival of a tree in the Igbo village…
Indigenizing What It Means to be HumanSAPIENS offers a curated collection of poems and stories that center Indigenous values, worldviews, and insights, creatively reimagining anthropology and…
