Power Over the Story is Power Over All: Dune and the Messiah Machine
Power over Spice is power over all This is the opening line of Dune: Part Two, spoken in the throat-singing ceremonial language of the fearsome Sardaukar warriors. It is also not …
Chinese Migrants and Jehovah’s Witnesses in Zambia – SAPIENS
✽ The taxi pulled into the driveway, 10 minutes late for the meeting. Inside the car, we were sweating from the mix of nerves and the strong sun beating down …
Who is an Anthropologist? Career, Life, and Legacy
What does it mean to truly understand human beings-not just today, but across time and space? That’s the heart of what an anthropologist does. Whether studying ancient skulls in a …
2025 SAFN Future of Food Fellow – FoodAnthropology
Elif Birbiri Amanda GreenSAFN President SAFN is excited to announce its 2025 Future of Food Fellows: Elif Birbiri and D.H. We. Started in 2023, the aim of this fellowship is …
Scientific Expertise and the Threads of Storytelling in South Korean Anthropogenic Forests – Engagement
By Sumin Myung, Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment …
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Planet of the Apes, Animalization and the Visual Politics of Occupation
By Emma Louise Backe When War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) concluded, Caesar had successfully led his people to a place where they might be able to build …
Listening to Murmurs – SAPIENS
✽ 1 The shared taxi meanders through Tsaar—resting abode of Nund’e Resh,the mystic poet who proclaimed dying before death By the window seat,I listen to endless landscapes fleeting past mered …
Thales of Miletus | Anthroholic
Before anthropology had a name, before the scientific method had structure, there was Thales of Miletus-an Ionian thinker who dared to ask questions not of the gods, but of nature …
2025 SAFN Future of Food Fellow – FoodAnthropology
D.H. We Amanda GreenSAFN President SAFN is excited to announce its 2025 Future of Food Fellows: D.H. We and Elif Birbiri. Started in 2023, the aim of this fellowship is …
The Politics of a Freshwater Sublime in the Great Lakes – Engagement
By Alexandra Vieux Frankel, Doctoral Candidate, York University Photo 1: McKinley Park Government Pier is a half mile stretch of concrete extending south, toward downtown Milwaukee, from McKinley Beach. Photo …