WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
The newly announced funding will help universities make decades-old interviews widely available The Covid-19 pandemic has exacted a heavy toll on Native American communities. In this May 2020 image, Navajo elder Emerson Gorman (R) sits with his (L-R) daughter Naiyahnikai, wife Beverly and …
Daniel Zender – By Martha Crenshaw SOURCE: New York Times 2021 Feb 10 – Dr. Crenshaw, the author of Countering Terrorism, has been teaching and writing about political science and terrorism since 1972. She is a senior fellow emerita at the Center for …
The ugly message “Murder the media,” etched into a door of the Capitol by an angry mob of violent Trump supporters January 6, reflects the deep lack of trust in American journalism stoked by a demagogic President and his enablers over the last …
After composing and transcribing music for my wedding day, Red Baraat was born. Dave Sharma leads the baraat (wedding procession) on dhol, as I walk with my mother, family, and friends. August 27, 2005. (Photo courtesy of Sunny Jain) – By Sunny Jain …
Some 25,000 National Guard troops protected Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration due to fears of a far-right extremist attack. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images – Author: Luís De la Calle, Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Associate Professor in …
Social Media disinformation graphic courtesy Brookings.Edu/techstream/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/ – Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Updated 2021 Jan 22 – (CNN Business) A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Donald Trump might …
Cape Town residents queued up for water as the taps nearly ran dry in 2018. Morgana Wingard/Getty Images – Author: Yadu Pokhrel, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University Contributor: Farshid Felfelani, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Michigan State University 2021 Jan …
A Trump supporter climbs scaffolding in an effort to breach the U.S. Capitol. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images – By Ani Kokobobo, Associate Professor of Russian Literature, University of Kansas 2021 Jan 13 – Nihilism was notably cited during U.S. Senate deliberations after …
Credit: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images – Written by Amber Nicole Alston, CNN 2021 Jan 08 – Few accessories have lived as complicated a life as the headscarf. The versatile fabric has been chosen by and impressed upon people for political, religious and practical purposes …
Singers of this ancient form of Swedish herd-calling corral farm animals with haunting melodies, drawing in cows, goats, sheep and ducks with each hypnotic note. – By Justin Calderón 2021 Jan 07 – Skallskog is a secluded farm without running water or electricity …
