As judges scout new restaurants to evaluate in U.S. cities, an anthropologist investigates the elite, Eurocentric history of the Michelin…
Snapshots of Losing JennaAn anthropologist offers a lens on how losses from war dramatically alter a family—and a society. ✽ BEFORE I FORMALLY…
Shading U.S. Empire in Puerto Rico’s Ballroom SceneA linguistic anthropologist explores the queer Ballroom scene in San Juan—and how performers are incorporating critiques of colonialism into the…
Reclaiming Collective Life in a Fractured U.S.After Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win, an anthropologist set out across the U.S. to understand the nation’s deepening divides.…
South Africa’s Road Out of ColonialismA lawyer and anthropologist examines the history of the longest road in South Africa and why a proposed extension may…
Ceasefire From the Earth and SkyThe Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border of North and South Korea is the site of the longest ceasefire in…
Erasure I and Erasure VIIn two erasure poems, a poet-anthropologist imagines alternative futures using text from the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar, through which the…
Broken Sonnets for the AnthropoceneThe speaker in this broken sonnet form utters disobedience for structures that extract care in the Anthropocene. “Broken Sonnets for…
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and ActivismWhen activist and anthropologist Graeber died unexpectedly in 2020, scholars gathered to mourn him. Contributors to a resulting volume, As…
How a Megadam Disrupts the Flow of Water—and MoneyIn Northeast India, a controversial hydropower dam moves toward completion—causing great uncertainty for downstream dwellers whose livelihoods depend on the…