Conversations Fault Lines Kahanu
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
Growing public outrage with the political responses to conflicts and complex emergencies have led to increasing calls for solidarity with affected populations that identify a shared humanity. Disencha…
The docu-fiction film explores the changing meaning of Rapanui wooden sculptures. The trailer is now available online.
Each a Tiny Enclosure of an Essential Resource Guest post by Anand PandianJohn Hopkins University For the last eight years, I’ve been wrestling as an anthropologist with where…
When Frantz Fanon (1961) framed the legitimacy of anti-colonial armed struggle in The Wretched of the Earth, he likely did not imagine that his arguments would resonate, some seventeen…
The docu-fiction film explores the changing meaning of Rapanui wooden sculptures and is now available online.
SANTA FE, N.M. (July 8, 2025)—The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy R. Pauketat as the new Director of SAR…
On 15 May 2025, Jason Hickel – economic anthropologist, leading degrowth theorist and author of popular works such as The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and…
An ancient building in Florence bears witness to the intricate relationship between Italy and Sápmi – the land of the Sámi people.
Introduction In the Ancient texts of the Vedas and Upanishads, Hindu cosmological thought advocates the theory of Naad-Brahman, translated as the Sound of Brahman. It posits that the…
By Max Liboiron and Alex Bond We study plastic ingestion in animals harvested for food in Nunatsiavut, Inuit homelands in northern Labrador, Canada. This work is about more…
New Program at the School for Advanced Research, funded by the Getty, invites scholars to reimagine art history through equity, reciprocity, and community engagement SANTA FE, NM (June…
From large cities to small towns, “No Kings Day” will counter Trump’s birthday spectacle with people power. “Nah, he wouldn’t really do that.” I’ve lived in the Upper…
Let’s be honest. Anthropology is plagued by dull, pretentious, and sometimes even meaningless prose: language that is at best imprecise and at worst incomprehensible. Now and then, examples…
Vilsoni Hereniko is visiting LMU as a CAS Visiting Fellow this summer.
In times of political upheaval and cultural turmoil, transformative spaces and interventions that are easily accessible seem rare …
In photo and video material of violent conflict, a phenomenon regularly occurs that needs interpretation: perpetrators of violence who appear to enjoy their actions, or bystanders laughing or…
SAR Moments: Revisiting the Skeletons of Roopkund Lake AI Summary with minor edits by SAR Team …
What can soldier humour tell us about international relations? To begin with, humour is a universal social practice …
This blog post is part of the Seminar Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience, April 10, 2025, funded by the WARFUN project. The dominant discourse about war is that soldiers…
This blog post is part of the Seminar Reconceptualizing Warfare and Its Experience, April 10, 2025, funded by the WARFUN project. Commenting on my research for the WarFun project,…
Photo: Akilah Martinez, photo by Ivan Nasitima The School for Advanced Research…
In my position as a student assistant, I have been working to reconstruct the route of the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition..
By Moonlight: Celebrating Women Artists in the IARC Permanent Collection by Alexandria Hawley (Diné) and Olive…