Archaeologists are investigating foodways and re-creating meals prepared by enslaved people who lived in North America and the Caribbean to better understand their everyday lives and fill gaps in the historical record.
Animating Stories of Global MigrationA short film uses evidence-based research to explore how migration connects humans everywhere.
Kenyan Mothers Take on Police ViolenceIn Nairobi, members of the Mothers of Victims and Survivors Network, who have lost family members to police violence, are turning their grief into determined activism.
Archaeologists Should Be Activists TooMore and more archaeologists are working to uncover the voices of groups that were marginalized in the past.
“The State” Is a Story We Tell OurselvesAfter a nail-biting election that dragged on for weeks, officials have finally named Peru’s next president. An anthropologist explains the country’s recent upheavals and shows how nation-states are “ideological artifacts” that attribute morality to the amoral goings on of the government.
And You Watch as We Make Woodwater AgainSAPIENS poet-in-residence Justin D. Wright speaks to the elemental craft of Black survival, photosynthesis, and sweet tea making in an anti-Black racist society.
When “Voluntary” Return Is Not a Real Option for Asylum-SeekersAn anthropologist explains why successful integration into Austrian society—long argued to be a condition for acceptance—is not enough to guarantee asylum-seekers and migrants a safe home in the country.
A Letter From COVID-19An anthropologist imagines COVID-19 as a wise representative of Earth who is sharing a vital message with humans.
Anti-Asian Racism’s Deep Roots in the United StatesSAPIENS talks with anthropologist Kyeyoung Park about anti-Asian violence and Asian Americans’ fraught sense of belonging in the U.S.
What Dog Breeds Say About RaceIn the Philippines, the practice of placing dogs into hierarchies based on breeds can be traced back to a problematic colonial legacy of ranking people based on race.
