What Do Goats and Wars Have to Do With Glacier Loss?
In the Indian Himalayas, elders see a link between the erosion of community and the erosion of ice.
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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.
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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.