An anthropologist and writer from the Tseltal community speaks back to a colonialist history of suppression—instead claiming his identity, language,…
Excavating a 19th-Century Detroit SaloonA filmmaker highlights the work of urban archaeologists who are excavating the site of a woman-owned business that opened in…
The Anthropology Professor in an Amazon WarehouseTo learn what conditions are really like for Amazon workers, an anthropologist has joined their ranks. ✽ My first day…
When I See Spring in Your Eyes/yeli bU’ vuċh canen Ạċhen mnz nō bharA poet-anthropologist from Indian-occupied Kashmir speaks of hope as inherited through memories of resilience in the past and present. “When…
Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are FarmingAn anthropologist takes readers inside a Hong Kong ecovillage, revealing a small but thriving movement built around food, sustainability, and…
A Free Man: The Story of a Menominee ElderAn anthropologist and Menominee Indian Nation citizen recounts the story of independent-minded Frank, a man who kept tribal lifeways in…
Picturing the Deep Universe Is Deeply HumanThe James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning photos require extensive image processing—revealing as much about humanity as about the universe. In…
Mayel LyangA poet of the Indigenous Lepcha community of the Eastern Himalayas ponders how to draw maps of the mind, heart,…
Piecing Together History From a Roman MosaicThe 2020 discovery of an ancient villa in Britain uncovered the most important Roman mosaic found in the last century.…
Rock DrawingsA Tohono O’odham poet and linguist reflects on the stories and wisdom ancestors communicated—how people survived, how they dispersed and…
