If geographers “carve,” “draw,” or “write” the earth, psychogeographers add a zest of soul to the mix, linking earth, mind and foot.
Karen O'Rourke | Jul 16, 2021
A short catalog of wondrous beings, excerpted from Emmanuelle Pouydebat's book "Atlas of Poetic Zoology."
Emmanuelle Pouydebat | Illustrations by Julie Terrazzoni | Jul 13, 2021
Transforming the Berlin Hitler loathed into a new world capital called “Germania” demanded the destruction of the urban core, eviction of its Jewish residents, recruitment of forced labor — and enrollment of the city’s infrastructure.
Timothy Moss | Jul 9, 2021
From literature to films and advertising, when it comes to translation, the opportunities for misinterpretation are rife.
Mark Polizzotti | Jul 6, 2021
For nearly two decades, French sound artist Yannick Dauby has journeyed all over Taiwan capturing the songs of frogs.
Tobias Fischer | Jul 1, 2021
In a city fixated on public health and order, a viral extreme sport offers a challenge to the status quo.
Macs Smith | Jun 28, 2021
An anthropologist looks to Finland to argue that solutions must go far beyond reversing Trump’s policies.
Vincent Ialenti | Jun 22, 2021
Linguistic and cognitive anthropologist Stephen Chrisomalis reckons with numbers and the mind.
Philip Laughlin | Jun 21, 2021
Fred Forest’s most notable acts of mischief stand out even in a field of contemporary art that is brimming with merry pranksters.
Michael Leruth | Jun 17, 2021
In Jorge Luis Borges's story of barely 12 pages, the celebrated writer plays with the infinite in a context of vast labyrinths of memory and the consequences of having an unlimited capacity to remember.
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga | Jun 16, 2021
A survey of trepanation, or trephination, the oldest surgical procedure known to humanity.
Charles G. Gross | Jun 11, 2021
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
Stanley Fields & Mark Johnston | Jun 8, 2021