In this webinar, scholars and artists share their insights on the power of monumentality and the work they are doing to reconfigure historical markers.
Fat Gets No Respect (But That Should Change)In this original animated video, anthropological research helps reveal the surprising story behind fat in the human body and in cultures around the world.
Can Honeybees Teach Us How to Live?A different way of thinking and working with bees may help us survive on a damaged planet.
Archaeology’s Search for History Hidden in IceAs high-elevation ice patches melt due to climate change, artifacts and stories long held in ice are being revealed. This fragile heritage needs to be acknowledged and protected.
Racism by any Other Name Is Still RacismAmericans look back with shame at Japanese-American internment during WWII. In this short documentary, two young Muslim-Americans reflect on how we are repeating past mistakes.
Inside a Moroccan Marijuana FarmAn unwitting traveler finds himself on a tour of one of North Africa’s largest underground attractions.
Climate Swings Drove Early Humans Out of Africa (and Back Again)A new study details how climate change directed early modern humans’ intricate dance among continents and pushes back their dispersal out of Africa to at least 100,000 years ago.
Dancing “My Humps” in Rural ChinaMiddle-aged women use private online space to organize their public square-dancing performances. The new technology has changed their dance moves—and their lives.
Talking HandsFive women elders from remote Western Australia share the joys and meanings of Aboriginal sign language.