A newsletter by science writer Starre Vartan (author of The Stronger Sex) pairing a monthly personal essay on anatomy, anthropology and women's history with pop-culture recommendations and updates on her work. The essays are reflective and conversational, drawing on research for her next book about female ancestors.
Website: https://palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io/
Long-form essays on psychedelic research, covering pharmacology, policy, philosophy of mind and the cultural and anthropological contexts of DMT and related compounds. Writing is by Stephen Page and draws on academic sources, including coursework from an Exeter MSc, to examine how psychedelic experience and its history are interpreted.
Essays by a former SEAL that draw on military history, anthropology and philosophy to examine meaning, mortality, training and purpose. Readers get reflective, literary pieces that pair historical anecdotes with personal field experience.
A blog presenting research and perspectives on khipus, the knotted-cord record-keeping devices of the Andes, including ethnographic fieldwork, theoretical essays and highlights of new publications. It aims to make khipu studies accessible to non-specialist readers.
A tea newsletter presenting in-depth field research on pu'er tea from a research trip to Menghai, Yunnan. It combines history, ethnography, agronomy and processing analysis with a candid, irreverent voice.
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