Racism and the statue controversy
Statues are life-sized or larger carved or cast figures often considered artwork or cultural heritage. Recent events have forced us, however, to ask the question: should statues be considered ‘history’?Read on »
Freshly Popped
An orientalist orthorexia
When do healthy habits stop, and harmful ones begin? Drawing on her own experience with an eating disorder, Ruth Flynn explores how the West commodifies Eastern health practices to find answers to our own cultural problems. Read on »
Breakfast at 9pm?
Why would anyone voluntarily deprive themselves of food and water? Elizabeth Challinor fasted for a day during Ramadan to support a Muslim friend and see things from the other side.Read on »
How burying my father made me believe in anthropology
Cultural differences can be shocking, especially when they involve death. When her father died suddenly in the Philippines, Henrietta Chico Nofre struggled to deal with local practices involving the body. She turned to anthropology to help her cope with the trauma and understand cultural differences, rather than judge them.Read on »
The boss knows everything
How do different companies think about innovation? How do they implement it? Joan Vinyets interviewed companies in Spain, Mexico, and Colombia. He found that while companies believe innovation is important, they practice it in very different ways.Read on »
A Handful of PopAnth
Our World in Pictures
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Reclining Buddha - Shanghai, China by Samuel Victor -
Musicians performing in Xochimilco, Mexico by Lance Richardson -
Bearing the cross in Granada, Nicaragua by Samuel Victor -
Changing times in Shanghai, China by Samuel Victor -
Bac Ha Market, Vietnam by Lance Richardson