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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
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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.

An Archaeology of Redress and Restorative Justice

In this webinar, panelists discuss how they blend archaeology and heritage work with principles of redress and restorative justice.

From the Margins to the Mainstream: Black and Indigenous Futures in Archaeology

Inspired by recent Black Lives Matter protests, a new webinar series explores how contemporary activism around social justice and civil rights is transforming the discipline of archaeology.

How the Zapotec Are Fighting COVID-19

As the pandemic sweeps across Mexico, some Indigenous communities recognize that their traditional principles and practices can offer protection from the virus.

Waterloo-Redfern and the Racism Rooted in Cities

Protestors toppling statues spur an anthropologist to look at the underlying urban politics that reproduce colonial and racist systems in Australia’s Waterloo-Redfern housing plans.

Wildfire Archaeology and the Burning American West

Archaeologists in New Mexico are pioneering surprising research methods—involving tree rings, pottery, and blasts of light—to explain why wildfire suppression doesn’t work.

Reclaiming the Ancestors: Indigenous and Black Perspectives on Repatriation, Human Rights, and Justice

Bringing together Indigenous and Black voices, this panel discussion finds common ground in the struggle for repatriation and assertion of sovereignty and human rights.

Saving Ifugao Weaving in the Philippines

A system of heritage ownership by the Ifugao people has helped revive Indigenous traditions and even fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indigenous Cultures Have Archaeology Too

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

When Deafness Is Not Considered a Deficit

In the Peruvian Amazon, the Maijuna peoples created their own sign language—which hints at the importance of community in the evolution of language.

What Parsnips Taught Me About Nature

One anthropologist’s research on Community Supported Agriculture—which saw him wrestling with parsnips and talking to leeks—spurs thoughts on closing the gap between Western urban life and the natural world.