Current issue: July–August 2024 Treasure
We seek to uncover the myriad ways in which treasures, both tangible and intangible, are perceived, created, sought after, and understood across different cultures and throughout time.
We interpret treasure broadly: from the material riches unearthed by archaeologists, to the cherished cultural practices observed during fieldwork, to the all-too-rare species we stand to lose to climate change, industrial devastation, or resource extraction.
Mar–Apr 2024: 13 Articles
Deception
This issue explores the anatomy of deception and dissects the truths and untruths that form our understanding of reality. What lies do people tell themselves? What lies do they tell others? Are these depictions conscious or subconscious, harmful or benign, or even helpful in certain contexts? Are they structured as conspiracies, creating alternate versions of reality?
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Sep–Oct 2023: 11 Articles
Energy
AN 64.5 powers up for a series of stories about energy and our relationships with it. Join us as we delve into women's capacity to cooperatively share energy, learn how a hydroelectric dam charges connections and divisions across the Georgia-Abkhazia border, relax with some sound bath vibrations, and more.
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May–Jun 2023: 9 Articles
Magic
Piff Paff Poof! AN 64.3 is filled with stories to enthrall and delight. Welcome to our “Magic” issue, from ancestral spirits to ChatGPT, Roman curses to magical memorabilia. We hope you enjoy it.
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Mar–Apr 2023: 7 Articles
Digital
AN 64.2 plugs in for an issue about digital life. Join us on a technological journey as we discuss data and creative decision-making in a Hollywood media company, hang out with the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, learn how digital snapshots foreground lives lost to COVID, and more.
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Jan–Feb 2023: 8 Articles
Sex
AN 64.1 is filled with stories about sex and one or two about gender too. Welcome to our “Sex” issue, from migration to biotech, sex toys to saunas.
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