issue: January–December 2026 Defunded

This issue of Anthropology News is dedicated to what can no longer be studied, written, or shared.

Federal funding cuts, department closures or mergers, and political attacks are not only reshaping research priorities; they are erasing entire lines of inquiry, often before they can begin.

This issue is a living archive of the work that might otherwise vanish from the record: the anthropology that could have been.