Why has the belief in extraterrestrials persisted across time and space, and what can this belief tell us about ourselves?Read on »

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 »

What is an anthropologist to do when faced with a Brazilian healer who uses kitchen knives, surgical scissors and scalpels to operate on people without anaesthetics and asepsis? Cristina Rocha on her decade-long research project in Brazil.Read on »

Irish author David Slattery talks with Erin Taylor about his attraction to Irish culture and his advice for intrepid tourists to the green isles.Read on »

What is justice? It's easy to point to examples of injustice, but far more difficult to say for sure when justice has been achieved. In Trinidad and Tobago, a long history of public distrust of the legal authorities mars attempts to improve procedural fairness. Read on »

Joris Luyendijk speaks with Erin Taylor about journalism, anthropology, and writing about cultural difference.Read on »