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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
Announcement

After ten years of exploring humanity in all its diversity, SAPIENS has concluded its publishing chapter.

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.

Why White Kids Need Hamilton More Than Ever

The retelling of one of America’s Founding Fathers showcases how some people need to hustle to get ahead—highlighting the problems of systemic racism in U.S. society.

Pandemic Bakers Bring the Past to Life

As people sheltering at home take on ambitious kitchen projects, a few experimental archaeologists are reclaiming recipes from ancient societies.

Indigenous Cultures Have Archaeology Too

In Papua New Guinea, Indigenous peoples have been interpreting their ancestral landscapes for generations.

Why Capitalizing “Black” Matters

SAPIENS supports and adopts the recent change made by many publications to capitalize Black in recognition of the significance of a person or group’s identity—yet, as an anthropology magazine, we must dive deeper into the “myth of race.”

Archaeologists Respond to the Black Lives Matter Movement

A recent panel discussion encouraged scholars from across the U.S. to consider the experiences and contributions of Black people in this discipline.

As the Statues Fall: A Conversation About Monuments and the Power of Memory

In this webinar, scholars and artists share their insights on the power of monumentality and the work they are doing to reconfigure historical markers.

Were Women the True Artisans Behind Ancient Greek Ceramics?

A new paper makes the case that scholars have ignored the role of female ceramicists in Greece going back some 3,000 years—and that this failing could speak to a more consequential blind spot involving gender.

Reflecting on the Rise of the Hoteps

An anthropologist looks at a U.S. subculture inspired by ancient Egypt and its effort to foster a particular Black identity.

Who Gets to Study Whom?

As the field of anthropology struggles to shed its colonial past, the discipline has inadvertently put constraints on anthropologists of color who already face racism, bias, and discrimination.

What Ancient Gender Fluidity Taught Me About Modern Patriarchy

Nonbinary genders and male hierarchy as expressed in Ecuadorian clay sculptures led one archaeologist to see biases in her modern life with fresh eyes.