Anthropology in Practice

The Hunt for the First Flower

All modern flowers are descendants of a single ancestor. We might finally have a sense of what that ancestor looked like

On My Shelf: The Lost City of Z

This academic year, I'm using the AIP book review series, On My Shelf, to revisit the books in my personal library. Over the course of the next ten months, I rereading my collection of ethnographies and popular science books and to share some thoughts with you...

Understanding the Power of Comfort Foods

The comfort food premise may be a very deliberate social construct

The History behind the King George III Statue Meme

Removing monuments of the confederacy is as much about the people calling for change as it is about the statues themselves

Historical Eclipse Fake-Outs

Public memory can be problematic

The Short Political Career of Strawberries

This unassuming plant can teach us a great deal about politics and colonialism

Using Emotional Intelligence to Crack the Job Interview Code

What Drives Us to Peek into Someone's Medicine Cabinet?

What are we really hoping to find?

To Counteract Propaganda, We Should Look to Lessons from Advertising

The goal should not be conversion but doubt

The Rising Trend of Pets at Work

Before you set up a desk for Fido, have you thought through what this really means for your office?