WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
The metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades. Screen capture from Second Life by Tom Boellstorff, CC BY-ND – By Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, …
Emile Bernard’s 1888 painting ‘Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour.’ The Print Collector/Getty Images – By Karen A. Cerulo, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University And Janet Ruane, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Montclair State University Published: 2022 Jun 08 – In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy …
The gripping and heroic story of Rudolf Vrba, who escaped the death camp in order to tell the world about its horrors. Rudolf Vrba preparing to testify at the Frankfurt trials, December 1964. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy – Matthew Reisz 2022 Jun 12 – …
The vast majority of high-profile big tech whistleblowers in recent years have been women. Elke Meitzel/Image Source via Getty Images – Francine Berman, Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Research Professor, UMass Amherst Jennifer Lundquist, Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst Published: …
What would you do if your inherited wealth was built on slavery, fossil fuels or came at the price of neglect? Meet the guilty rich who want nothing to do with their money ‘My ancestors made harmful and immoral choices’: Morgan Curtis at …
DNA is a trove of personal information that can be hard to keep track of and protect. Boris Zhitkov/Moment via Getty Images – By Liza Vertinsky, Professor of Law, University of Maryland And: Yaniv Heled, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University Published: …
Playgrounds at about 300 schools have been renovated, benefiting students but also addressing the climate crisis. A schoolyard in New York City before and after green transformation. Composite: The Guardian – Supported by: About this content – Aliya Uteuova Last modified on 2022 …
Franky Zapata piloting the Flyboard Air at high speed in 2016. Zapata Racing – By Loz Blain 2022 May 29 – Ah, those magnificent men in their flying machines. They go up, diddly-up-up. They go down, diddly-own-down. French sky-surfer and Green Goblin lookalike Franky …
Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it. Many long haulers report fatigue, brain fog, and a range of other symptoms for months after their infection. Photograph: VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images – By Eric …
Members celebrate the restoration of lands they had stewarded for thousands of years. Salish Pend d’Oreille elder Stephen Small Salmon expressed hope that the tribes would reclaim Big Medicine, a rare white calf born in 1933. His taxidermied body is at the Montana …
