And You Watch as We Make Woodwater Again
SAPIENS 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.
Water
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How to Survive Climate Change in the India-Bangladesh Borderlands
As erosion and rising waters threaten the Sundarbans, an anthropologist advocates for new, bottom-up approaches to living in a changing landscape.
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The Struggles of a “River People” in Assam
For decades, the Mising people, a minority group in Northeast India, have fought for tribal autonomy and cultural recognition. Today they face growing challenges to their way of life.
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Arrival Waters
A poet-anthropologist’s initial arrival in Guatemala decades ago yielded a new beginning—and a limitless illumination.
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A Nepalese Region Reclaims Its Holy Water
An anthropologist’s research on water insecurity reveals how clean water can reinforce a community’s physical and spiritual health.
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Searching for the Sources of Water Scarcity
An anthropologist’s extensive study of water scarcity in Mumbai reveals how such crises are often driven less by nature’s limits and more by human choices.