Soldiers’ strategies for survival during the First World War
Alex Mayhew’s Making Sense of the Great War examines how British soldiers coped with the horrors of the trenches during the First World War. Delving into primary sources…
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Contested Memory. The ‘Comfort Women’ Statue in Berlin and Dealing with Sexual Violence in War
The unveiling of a statue in memory of the victims of sexual violence committed by the Japanese Army in World War II has led to diplomatic tension between…
"The Camera is our Weapon": Kayapó video warriors featured in new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York
The Kayapó (Mebengôkrê) people of Brazil are living proof of the resistance and adaptability of Indigenous cultures. A new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York …
Amazon under Fire: A letter of protest by Brazilian scientists published by the New York Review of Books
As Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stood before the United Nations in September of 2019 downplaying media reports of increasing forest fires under his administration and denouncing world-renowned i…
Savage System
Often, I address white American attitudes towards native peoples. How historians have ignored whole sections of our history, racism and genocide against native peoples, the lack of education…
Unearthing Knowledge: Forensic Anthropology and Technologies of Memory
What is commonly known as the Colombian conflict refers to more than six decades of enduring violence. During these years, a number of peace agreements have been signed…
The Decade of Contact: Isolated indigneous people in the 21st century [excerpt]
José Carlos Meirelles, a retired field agent from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, refers to the current moment for isolated indigenous people of the Amazon as “The Decade…
The Decade of Contact: Isolated indigneous people in the 21st century [excerpt]
José Carlos Meirelles, a retired field agent from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, FUNAI, refers to the current moment for isolated indigenous people of the Amazon as “The Decade…
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in voluntary isolation” and “peoples in initial…
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in voluntary isolation” and “peoples in initial…
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in voluntary isolation” and “peoples in initial…
Ceci N’est Pas un Contact: the Fetishization of Isolated Indigenous People [Excerpt]
Words matter. Peruvian legislation recognizes two categories of indigenous peoples with little or no interaction with outsiders and the state: “peoples in voluntary isolation” and “peoples in initial…
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten like living eyes, their vision unimpeded…
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten like living eyes, their vision unimpeded…
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten like living eyes, their vision unimpeded…
The Kopenawa Galaxy: Review of ‘The Falling Sky’ by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
To look across a Yanomami village on a clear night is like seeing the universe in a mirror. Above, the stars glisten like living eyes, their vision unimpeded…
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. Missionaries and ‘human safaris’ initiate contact…
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. Missionaries and ‘human safaris’ initiate contact…
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. Missionaries and ‘human safaris’ initiate contact…
Mashco-Piros on the Verge: Missionaries, human safaris, head-ball and a tale of two contacts
This is the full text, with additional photos, of a three-part series published concurrently by Indian Country Today Versión en castellano 1. Missionaries and ‘human safaris’ initiate contact…
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un grupo indígena aislado se abren paso…
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un grupo indígena aislado se abren paso…
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un grupo indígena aislado se abren paso…
Los mashco-piro al borde: Misioneros, safaris humanos, el juego de pelota y una historia de dos contactos
English version 1. Misioneros y safaris humanos inician contacto en el Perú Se siente como un déjà vu: jóvenes desnudos de un grupo indígena aislado se abren paso…