Since Bashar Al-Assad was overthrown as President of Syria in early December 2024, the political situation in the country has been volatile. Although a new group of powerholders…
SANTA FE, NM — This spring and summer, northern New Mexico is experiencing a rare cultural convergence: four major museum exhibitions focused on Pueblo pottery are opening across…
Amid the outpouring of public solidarity for the victims of floods and landslides in Sumatra, one development deserves close attention. The term “natural disaster,” long used to describe…
The appointment of a female former TV persona as the new U.S. ambassador to Greece drew some derisive, if not openly sexist, comments. Such a choice by President…
Last December, we walked through the red-brick corridors of the Alipore Jail Museum and entered an exhibition titled The Babu and the Bazaar: Art from 19th and Early…
No, dear Rira,my letter must be short,must be simple,with no talk of ambiguity or mirrors.I will write to you again:We are all well—but do not believe me. (Ali…
Anne Schiller, Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University Fostering classroom community is a goal to which most instructors aspire, although building trust and camaraderie in high enrol…
‘What is it like to work with Roma?’ I asked the police officer. He gestured widely, shaking his head and raising his arms and shoulders, suggesting that words…
Indigeneities in the 21st century is featured on the CORDIS website for research results.
As we write this, in January 2026, there is, theoretically speaking, a ceasefire in place in Gaza. Unfortunately, this does not mean that the war, the genocide, the…
Solidarity as practice, not posture
Fragments on Trees & Ireland
By Dr. Mahesh Chandra Pal, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, National Post Graduate College, Lucknow, India How might we teach epic narratives like the Ramayana in anthropology class…
How do companies handle responsibilities to people and the environment when they operate abroad? What tools do they use, and what are the effects? These have been throughgoing…
It is the summer of 2022, and I am volunteering with Wes at a queer multi-purpose community space in Brooklyn, New York City. The space is bright pink,…
“I don’t know how to explain it”, Caro told me in an interview, “but you develop a sense [Gespür] for when you can keep standing in front of…
Anyone who knows Venezuela knows that things happen fast there. It is a function of the hectic pace of urban life in a society that is highly subject…
Hewett, E. L. (n.d.). Edgar L. Hewett points in the distance while giving an archaeological tour of the southwest (PAAC.056.0047a) [Photographs, photographic prints]. New Mexico History Museum. …
Suspicion appears to sit largely in the nose: we might say that something ‘stinks,’ ‘smells off,’ that we ‘smell a rat,’ or perhaps ‘something fishy.’ Such suspicious smells…
Image 1: Gated community ‘Vila Ingles’ in São Paolo. Photo by Cornelius Kibelka In urban Brazil, portarias–entry halls and porters lodges–and their staff absorb the circulation of people…
Image 1: Photo of an election poster for former Mozambican president Armando Guebuza. The poster burnt down and destroyed in relation to the uprisings in Maputo 2010. Photo…
Image 1: Akwesasne territory. Source: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Born on US soil to citizen parents, I applied for my first passport at age 12, when my grandma…
Image 1: Exú Tranca Rua (left) and Maria Padilha das 7 Encruzilhadas (right) depicted on the walls of the center. Photo by author. When I started fieldwork in…
Image 1: Military police officer patrolling in Mangueira, Brazil. Photo by Tomas Salem Palm Springs, mid-September 2025. The American flag flies at half-staff across the city in honour…