WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
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 …
A researcher from the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale in France examines material from excavations of La Ferrassie Neanderthal site in southwestern France. Thousands of bone remains were sorted and 47 new fossil remains belonging to a Neanderthal child were identified. – By Katie Hunt, …
