GAA 2021 Conference Diary: Atmospheric Discussions?
In collaboration with the conference organisers, Allegra had reached out to a number of colleagues to submit some impressions in the form …
Ways of Looking: Alternative Encounters with Art and Artifacts
“When we encounter something beautiful, we usually experience two kinds of reactions. One may be moved by learning the background of the …
Negras culturas
“Kanhobai”, una expresión de arte rabelado Reseña de La danza de los espíritus. Itinerario iniciático y prácticas terapéuticas de un chamán africano: Mba …
Los talibán y la modernidad
Foto Saeed Achakzai/Reuters Pocos días después del atentado del 11-S en Nueva York, el 24 de septiembre de 2001, publicaba este artículo …
On Drones and Ectoplasms: Breath of Gaia
(Editor’s Note: This blog post is part of the Thematic Series Data Swarms Revisited) Painting form the art project On Drones and …
Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
People must regularly repair and rechalk the Cerne Abbas Giant, or “Rude Man,” in Dorset, England, to prevent it from becoming overgrown, …
Political Cartoonist at Chemawa Indian School, William John Harris
William John Harris was born in Juneau Alaska March 29, 1884 to Richard Tighe Harris an Irishman, and Kitty a member of …
Miss Tampon Liberty
In the 1980s, when menstruation was generally considered taboo, artist Jay Critchley made art out of discarded plastic tampon applicators washed up …
Iran Exhibition in London
There is a new exhibit on Iran at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London through 12 September. If you cannot make …
El arte como sistema conceptual
“Los pastores de la Arcadia”, de Poussin Primer apartado del artículo Lalógica de la percepción estética. El arte según Lévi-Strauss, publicado en …
El arte de la protesta
Desfile de modelos antiglobalización, celebrado en el marco de la exposición “Disidencias”MACBA, mayo 2001 Fragmento de la intervención en “Espaço urbano: Território …
How Museums Can Do More Than Just Repatriate Objects
Back in 1990, when I was in my third year of graduate school, then-President H.W. Bush signed the Native American Graves Protection …
Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
These handprints were made by blowing pigment around a hand placed against the wall in Sumpang Bita Cave, Sulawesi. Franco Viviani In …
Una vida privada privada de ser vida
La foto es de Todd Hiddo, uno de los artista de la muestra Fragmento del artículo “La intimidad en crisis”, incluido en …
Immerse Yourselves!
Imagine Gustav Klimt’s tender motifs, with their gleaming, golden elements, projected onto huge concrete walls. This fascinating vision has become an immersive …
Do Twins Share a Soul?
I have a clone. He’s an identical twin brother, really. But as monozygotic twins derived from one fertilized egg, we share the …
The Power of Images
[no-caption] FG Trade/Getty Images The headlines and powerful prose of the anthropologists and journalists who write for SAPIENS draw our readers in …
Archaeology Worlds, Art Worlds
Archaeologists move from avoiding talking about art to engaging in the critical practice of art. Despite the many books on the subject …
How to Make a Zine
Feeling boxed in by traditional professional or academic publishing outlets? A zine—a small self-published pamphlet or booklet—can be a powerful tool for …
Thinking Without a Concept
How an artistic method can challenge and enrich our understandings of vision and knowledge. Imagine […] an eye which does not respond …
Singing with Pippa Bacca
In noughties Italy, the Bubble Gum choir performed a liberatory counterimage of the feminine. Today, Bacca’s chorus breathes new life into the …
All Things Ape
One illustrator’s approach to conveying the multidimensional lives of apes with particular focus on their anatomy. *This essay includes scientific illustrations as …