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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
Announcement

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.

Who Gets to Study Whom?

As the field of anthropology struggles to shed its colonial past, the discipline has inadvertently put constraints on anthropologists of color who already face racism, bias, and discrimination.

Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond

An interview with anthropologist Christen A. Smith provides insights into resisting police violence and creating safe societies for people of African descent.

What Ancient Gender Fluidity Taught Me About Modern Patriarchy

Nonbinary genders and male hierarchy as expressed in Ecuadorian clay sculptures led one archaeologist to see biases in her modern life with fresh eyes.

Why the Whiteness of Archaeology Is a Problem

Archaeology remains a profession with an overwhelmingly white workforce. Two archaeologists ask why that matters and what can be done about it.

Hush-Hush, a Pale-Horse Cometh: Mirabilis Manducat

An anthropologist traces a lineage of plague, silence, anti-Black racism, white supremacy, and cities.

Can Protestors Humanize the Police?

An anthropologist asks whether U.S. police are people serving the people—or are anonymous drones of state violence.

Police Violence and the Pandemic

An interview with anthropologist Laurence Ralph, who wrote The Torture Letters, reveals how legacies of anti-black racism connect to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why “We” Isn’t for Everyone

Just when authors think they’re including everyone, they might be leaving someone important out.

The Symbolic Power of Virus Testing

To help battle the coronavirus crisis, testing would not only identify those who carry the virus, it would also make the threat of the disease more tangible.

When Black Female Victims Aren’t Seen as Victims

In Peru, rampant stereotypes about Afro-Peruvian women as aggressive and hypersexual leaves many women unwilling or unable to seek support as victims of abuse.