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Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Padi Nyawa Urang

A poet and aspiring anthropologist in Indonesia reflects on the values reflected in rice cultivation in a traditional village in…

How Bird’s Nests Become Markers of Vitality and Status

An anthropologist explores how nests made from the saliva of swiftlets—long valued within some Asian medicinal and culinary traditions—have reached…

Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs Dry

As Argentina’s economic crisis worsens, an anthropologist discusses the biological consequences of inadequate food—and why the country’s community kitchens need…

What’s Behind a Michelin Star?

As judges scout new restaurants to evaluate in U.S. cities, an anthropologist investigates the elite, Eurocentric history of the Michelin…

How Women Shaped Human Evolution Through Food Processing

An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of food processing and dietary diversity—practices often led by women—that were just as crucial…

Forest as Kin and Pantry in the Himalayas

In the Sikkim and Kalimpong Himalayas in Northeast India, supply chains are often interrupted by changing monsoon systems that damage…

Milpa for the Future

As the influx of processed foods threatens traditional diets in rural Mexico, an intergenerational community is forming to keep people…

Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around…

Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic…

How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and…