On Rusinga Island, a grassroots group is celebrating the field assistants who helped find famous fossils and inspiring future generations…
The First Space Launch for MauritiusAn anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about unequal…
Passing NotesThe speaker of a poem refuses linguistic erasure, passing secret notes with untranslated lines in Korean—keeping the language alive during…
The Strange Power of LaughterAn anthropologist explores laughter as a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight—reflecting on its surprising power to disturb and…
Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way ThroughIn a themed collection, poets trace contours of power to critique colonialism, environmental destruction, and social violence while transforming the…
Tackling the Impossibility—and Necessity—of Counting the World’s LanguagesA language scientist delves into historic and current efforts to catalog the planet’s 7,000-plus languages, uncovering colorful tales and Herculean…
Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors Across the Red-Blue DivideAs toxic polarization deepens in the U.S., some global conflict prevention experts are now addressing political violence at home. An…
When a Message App Became Evidence of TerrorismBeginning in 2016, the Turkish government accused anyone with the messaging application ByLock of terrorism. An anthropologist investigates the risks…
A Call for Anthropological Poems of Resistance, Refusal, and WayfindingSAPIENS is seeking poetry submissions for a curated collection that will publish next year. Deadline: September 1, 2024. ✽ SAPIENS…
Chatter That MattersThree anthropologists sit to talk about the evolutionary purposes of gossip. What role does gossip play in human societies? In…