A museum curator and a First Nations leader explain how a treaty pipe, sold at auction, exemplifies a new path…
How Power Pervades Portrayals of Human EvolutionAn evolutionary scholar examines racist and sexist depictions of human evolution that continue to permeate science, education, and popular culture.…
Why I Ask My Students to Swear in ClassAn anthropologist uses explicit insults to get students thinking about gender and power in everyday language. Plus, a brief explainer…
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…
The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta StoneAn archaeologist explains how recent archaeological finds in Egypt expand our knowledge of a violent revolt discussed on the now-famous…
Post-An Indigenous poet-anthropologist writes to her daughter of the limits of her motherly protection. “Post-” is part of the collection…
Finding Ceremony for Ancestors Held in the Penn Museum and Other Colonial InstitutionsAn anthropologist and an organizer try to connect descendant communities with the remains of 20 Black Philadelphians slated for court-ordered…
What It Means to be Human in an AsylumA sociocultural anthropologist from Pakistan speaks to how women in asylums in a patriarchal culture are in a battle between…
Apparition in SugarlandA poet-anthropologist evokes a popular myth that speaks to the repercussions of—and possibilities of repair from—U.S. violence in the Philippines…
In the Event of FloodingAn Indigenous poet-anthropologist speaks to the survivance of Native communities in the face of colonialism and genocide. “In the Event…
