WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. As in all fascist movements, contemporary forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images – …
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. In Sweden, the Christmas star has a yellow bill, a furious temper, and no pants. Shaka/CC BY-SA 2.0 IT – By Natasha Frost 2017 Dec 22 – Every country has its own festive holiday traditions. Austrian children …
A page from the Quran. ~crystalina~, CC BY – By Asma Afsaruddin, Professor of Islamic Studies and former Chairperson, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University 2017 Jun 15 – Editor’s note: A conservative grassroots organization, ACT for America, organized a …
Opportunism and cowardice has more than sufficed to make Republicans espouse a noxious falsehood as an axiomatic truth. Police push back at pro-Trump mob after they stormed the Capitol building on 6 January. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images – By Lawrence Douglas Last modified …
Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, Managed by the National Park Service. – By Richard Moe 2021 Dec 12 – Richard Moe is the former president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and board member of the Conservation Lands Foundation. – When President …
Burj Al Babas may one day be full of wealthy vacationers, but for now it’s a strange sight. Burj Al Babas today is composed of hundreds of unfinished castle-like villas. Chris McGrath/Getty Images – By Inka Piegsa-Quischotte 2021 Jul 20 – Halfway between …
A research station in India is on call 24/7 to aid wayward reptiles in need. Wrangling an eight-foot king cobra is all in a day’s work for Ajay Giri, field director of the Agumbe Reserve Research Station in western India. Mahima A. Jain …
A portion of a map that erases the borders Colonial powers drew, and shows instead the Indigenous territories, treaties and languages of North America. Native Land Digital, CC BY-SA – By Elisa J. Sobo, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, San Diego State University and …
Members of a civil society group participate in a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Pakistan. AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary – By Ahmet T. Kuru, Porteous Professor of Political Science, …
The pagan tradition of celebrating the winter solstice with bonfires on Dec. 21 inspired the early Christian celebrations of Christmas. Gpointstudio/ Image Source via Getty Images – By Thomas Adam, Associate Professor of International and Global Studies, University of Arkansas 2021 Dec 06 …