What Klingon and Other Constructed Languages Reveal
Meet Christine Schreyer, a linguistic anthropologist who created the Kryptonian language for a Superman movie and researches the people who invent new tongues and seek to sustain ancient ones.
Preservation
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Crystal Worl’s Countermural Tells a Different History of Alaska
Indigenous artist Crystal Kaakeeyáa Worl’s new public mural honoring Tlingit activist Elizabeth Peratrovich places Alaska Native peoples’ resistance to colonialism at the center of Juneau’s history.
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Slavery, Sustenance, and Resistance
In this SAPIENS podcast episode, meet the archaeologists who are investigating how "slave cuisine" can be a new site of understanding Black survival and resistance.
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More Than a Mountain
In this podcast episode, listeners learn about Dzil Nchaa Si’an, a sacred mountain in Arizona that Apache tribal members depend on and deeply value. The mountain has also become a site of resistance.
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Curating as Caretaking
This episode of the SAPIENS podcast takes listeners behind the scenes in museums to explore how Black and Indigenous curators are re-imagining what their collections and exhibitions can do to change minds and transform hearts.
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Reviving Huaycán—and the Community That Surrounds It
A small group of passionate young people, led by a local anthropologist, is organizing to protect an ancient site in Peru, and educate their community.