A contributor to a special series on decolonizing anthropology reckons with bioarchaeology’s racist past by focusing on Black women’s creativity…
Embracing the Poetry of Being HumanA contributor to a special series on decolonizing anthropology rejects the discipline’s colonial and racist roots and instead pursues ways…
Can Anthropology Be Decolonized?In recent years, anthropology has increasingly reckoned with its colonial and racist roots. In a special forum, scholars weigh in…
Rhyme & Reason: Poetry as a Cultural and Communal BridgeIn this Q&A, SAPIENS 2022 Poet-in-Residence Jason Vasser-Elong celebrated the end of his residency with a discussion of poetry as…
Best of SAPIENS 2022In a year of continuing global conflagrations, anthropologists investigated a wide range of pressing and curious questions about humanity’s past,…
Broadening Demands for Reproductive JusticeAn interview with anthropologist Dána-Ain Davis digs into abortion rights and reproductive justice after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of…
In Spain, Scapegoating Spikes During the PandemicAn anthropologist and a Rroma activist investigate the rise in prejudice and abuse toward Rroma people during the COVID-19 crisis.…
Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?The debate over naming the virus known as monkeypox says a lot about the close—but fraught—relationships between humans and our…
Peeling Back the Myth of a “White” MidwestThe popular image of the U.S. heartland as only a place of rural, hardworking white farmers has always been a…
We All Love RosesSAPIENS Poet-in-Residence Jason Vasser-Elong reflects on horrific cycles of violence—and highlights injustices that are often papered over. We All Love…
