Archaeologists long abandoned the simple notion that “pots are people”—that people’s identities directly correspond with the pottery they made and…
Feeling What We Are/A’yel jtaleltikAn anthropologist and writer from the Tseltal community speaks back to a colonialist history of suppression—instead claiming his identity, language,…
Giving Winter a Funeral in TransylvaniaIn a village in Romania, residents maintain a centuries-old carnival tradition called farsang to mark winter’s death. ✽ As the…
Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right’s Dangerous TransphobiaAn anthropologist attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—ground zero for the current onslaught of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in…
How Do We Heal?A poet-anthropologist who is a Passamaquoddy tribal member lights a path toward healing both within the field of archaeology and…
Looking for the LepchasA poet of the Indigenous Lepcha community of the Eastern Himalayas is looking to find herself as she grapples with…
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…
The PathA poet-anthropologist reflects on the musings of an older Noni woman from Cameroon who critiques anthropology’s past as a handmaiden…
Mayel LyangA poet of the Indigenous Lepcha community of the Eastern Himalayas ponders how to draw maps of the mind, heart,…
Rock DrawingsA Tohono O’odham poet and linguist reflects on the stories and wisdom ancestors communicated—how people survived, how they dispersed and…
