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What Does the American Dream Have to Do With the COVID-19 Vaccine?
What Does the American Dream Have to Do With the COVID-19 Vaccine?
An anthropologist explains how conspiracy theories and recent protests in the U.S. over COVID-19 vaccines can’t be untangled from American…
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Mar 3
Does Love Always Come Before Marriage?
Does Love Always Come Before Marriage?
Arranged marriages and love marriages are sometimes seen as cultural opposites, but it’s far more complicated.
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Feb 25
How Imperialism Gave Us 2020
How Imperialism Gave Us 2020
News headlines suggest that the problems of 2020 were unprecedented, but the collision of a pandemic and racial violence is nothing new…
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Feb 22
How to ‘Co-Live’ With a Natural Hazard
How to ‘Co-Live’ With a Natural Hazard
The ways in which Andean villagers have adapted to a neighboring volcano could offer lessons to other communities in reframing risks and…
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Feb 17
Do Twins Share a Soul?
Do Twins Share a Soul?
An anthropologist — and identical twin — grapples with different cultural understandings of twinship.
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Feb 9
What a ‘Safe and Dignified’ Burial Means During a Pandemic
What a ‘Safe and Dignified’ Burial Means During a Pandemic
A few months into the pandemic, a friend from Cameroon, where I’m from, sent me a video of a news clip. The video starts with shaky…
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Feb 5
Bridging the American Cultural Divide
Bridging the American Cultural Divide
As Americans stand on the footbridge to the future, an anthropologist advises people to take a deep breath, seek wisdom from their elders…
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Jan 31
What Makes Vaccines Social?
What Makes Vaccines Social?
Some people are wary of or may refuse vaccines. Social scientists are part of a movement to encourage self-empowerment to end the current…
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Jan 25
The CDC Needs Social Science
The CDC Needs Social Science
Sickness is not just biological — it’s social. That’s why social science should be central to controlling and preventing diseases.
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Jan 22
Crisis and Opportunity — A Look at 2020
Crisis and Opportunity — A Look at 2020
The SAPIENS editors review the year’s events with anthropology in mind.
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Jan 12
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