A group of anthropologists working in Indonesia explores how mistrust among on-demand drivers—toward companies and one another—can be a form…
When Tiger Conservation Overlooks Human LivesAn anthropologist looks at how tiger conservation efforts in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal appear successful yet often ignore…
Five Questions for Brian GoldstoneIn this live discussion, journalist and anthropologist Brian Goldstone answers questions about his searing investigation of the working unhoused—and what…
Salt and Paper in Bureaucratic JerusalemAs all-out genocidal violence against Palestinians continues in Gaza, an anthropologist calls attention to how the Israeli state operates through…
Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs DryAs Argentina’s economic crisis worsens, an anthropologist discusses the biological consequences of inadequate food—and why the country’s community kitchens need…
When Calls for Vengeance Go OnlineAn anthropologist reckons with how digital media has changed youth gang culture dynamics—and what can be done to combat the…
Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the LivingA group of forensic anthropologists argues their field must reject the myth of pure objectivity and challenge systemic inequities through…
The Battle to Protect Archaeological Sites in the West BankAn archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting…
Best of SAPIENS 2024Anthropologists from around the globe brought dazzling insights and deeply reported concerns to the digital pages of SAPIENS magazine. ✽…
How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West AfricaArchaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and…
