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.
The speaker in this broken sonnet form utters disobedience for structures that extract care in the Anthropocene. “Broken Sonnets for…
Pequi WindsA poet-anthropologist reflects on the resistance of rural women in the Brazilian Cerrado whose wisdom and knowledge help cultivate life…
Launching Starship in South TexasAn anthropologist witnesses the first integrated flight attempt of the world’s largest rocket—and the wide range of responses it elicited…
How Cosmic Explorations Are Reshaping Life on EarthIn a series of essays, a collaborative research project brings together “space anthropologists” to investigate how communities around the globe…
How a Megadam Disrupts the Flow of Water—and MoneyIn Northeast India, a controversial hydropower dam moves toward completion—causing great uncertainty for downstream dwellers whose livelihoods depend on the…
The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in IndonesiaA paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of Homo erectus remains, but uncovers how environmental devastation has erased…
Living With Parakeets and Other MigrantsAmsterdam, like other European cities, hosts growing populations of non-native parakeets. An anthropologist unpacks what shifting attitudes toward these birds…
Do Moose “Belong” in Colorado?As moose populations multiply in the Southern Rocky Mountains, decision-makers are questioning whether the animals are endemic or invaders. Archaeology…
Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears EarsAt Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, a new co-management plan brings together federal agencies and a consortium of Native…
Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative StewardshipThe proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, along California’s Central Coast, would be the first of its kind in the…
