SAPIENSWisdom From the Winding Pathsapiens.org - Paul StollerExcerpted from Paul Stoller’s essay “Jabès Amongst Songhay Sorcerers” in Philosophy on Fieldwork: Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis, edited by …
SAPIENSFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLooking Into the World of Frog Giggingsapiens.org - Saish SolankarThe moon emerged out of the clouds at a few minutes past midnight, reflecting on the murky water of a forest pond. I watched as Wyatt*, the organizer …
SAPIENSFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDifficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schoolssapiens.org - Fiona MurphyCONSTELLATIONSThe 1918 Spanish flu altered the course of my grandfather’s life dramatically. My grandfather’s father and baby sister died from the …
SAPIENSDid Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?sapiens.org - Gideon LascoAccording to a commonly shared story, the anthropologist Margaret Mead was supposedly asked by a student what she thought was the earliest sign of a …
SAPIENSFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLiving With the Prospect of Assisted Dyingsapiens.org - Anita HannigExcerpted from The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig. © 2022 by Anita Hannig. Used with permission of the …
SAPIENSFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIs Donated Blood a Gift or a Commodity?sapiens.org - Ben BelekIn the spring of 2013, my son, then 5 months old, became very sick. It took just under a month of anxious head-scratching before doctors finally …
