Starting with the cultural domain of illness and considering the issue of cross-cultural comparisons at the level of meaning, this article discusses the cognitive anthropological approach taken in my ...

We encounter failure in our daily lives. Failures can be as trivial as spilling a coffee or missing an appointment, and as consequential as failing a job interview or losing a major competition. How ...

This post is addressed to the folks on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ staff. During the recent 2023 Essence Festival of Culture, the Vice President was asked how she defined “culture.” Here is her ...

The first Mishnah in Pirkei Avos states that “Moshe Rabbeinu received the Torah from Har Sinai and transmitted it to Yehoshua, and Yehoshua to the Elders, and the Elders to the Prophets, and the ...

In this segment, Andy Crouch borrows journalist Ken Myers' definition of culture – "What human beings make of the world – in both senses" – to explore both the things we make and the meaning we make ...

Internet culture is saturated with memes, but how would you explain a meme to someone who doesn’t get it? By Alexis Benveniste Memes didn’t start with the internet. Some linguists argue that humans ...

Conversations with chatbots are interesting, in a short-lived sort of way. If you take Cleverbot for a spin, for example, you quickly run into issues. It's very easy to notice that the software is ...