Openness

Openness

In today’s world, open science and open government matter. When combined, many agree, they strengthen science and democracy. Yet opening up ­– whether in the name of open science, open data, open source or open government – is rarely straightforward. This essay...
The curve

The curve

In light of current global efforts to ‘flatten the curve,’ this piece considers what the curve is, how varied populations are working on it, and some of the implications for anthropological thinking and theorising. It appears in a Special Forum on COVID-19...
On the geologic time spiral

On the geologic time spiral

  The Blackwood Gallery in Mississauga, Ontario, has launched a multi-year, multi-media, multi-publics production on human-environment entanglements, called The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea. One of us (E. Sanders) opened their inaugural broadsheet with some...
The trouble with deficits

The trouble with deficits

Increasing numbers of social and natural scientists are turning their attention to the impacts of climate change on so-called traditional peoples. This piece examines an article on the subject that appeared in a high-profile climate change journal, and that has since...