An environmental anthropologist investigates deep-time, mythical, and contemporary relations between seals and Orkney Islanders. SEAL SONG One gray afternoon, I…
The Politics of Mourning After ItaewonAfter the deadly 2022 Itaewon crowd crush, South Korea faced a failure of prevention—and mourning. A group of anthropologists explores…
Dreamscapes of Refusal: A ChorusSAPIENS poet-in-residence for 2025 listens to a chorus of dreams in her field recordings from Kashmir. ✽ “Dreaming has a…
Listening to MurmursThrough her field recordings, SAPIENS poet-in-residence for 2025 listens to murmurings of clay, debris, and time in Kashmir’s Tsaar. ✽…
Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?An anthropologist discovers diasporic flights—including her own—that begin at and return to the waters of the demilitarized zone between North…
A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined ArchiveA Tanzanian historian and poet conjures alternative engagements with Black African women who were marginalized by violent colonial histories and…
DebitageUsing an original poetic form, a poet chips away at a difficult history—becoming an agent of her own remaking and…
Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and FuturesThe Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around…
Pequi WindsA poet-anthropologist reflects on the resistance of rural women in the Brazilian Cerrado whose wisdom and knowledge help cultivate life…
Heaven on Earth and Jesus Is PalestinianA poet calls readers to act in the face of interconnected violence, exploitation, and privilege. “Heaven on Earth” and “Jesus…
