As author Yuval Noah Harari so clearly points out in his best-selling book “Sapiens,” every culture is built on a set of fictitious stories that are treated as truths or realities by people in that ...

In an era ripe with mistrust and fear, it's easy to set empathy aside. But what if we could step into the eyeballs of another person to get his or her point of view from the inside? Could that lead to ...

He too was a believer in prayer. He simply wanted to emphasize that, in the world in which he lived where the school system was so broken, there were even more fundamental matters to address. At least ...

American attitudes dissuade citizens from having a universal health care system (UHC). Those beliefs have outweighed considering the health benefits gained from providing affordable health coverage to ...

As I moved into my dorm room on a humid and rainy day as a nervous college freshman, I reminded myself of a few goals I wanted to accomplish during my first semester. I wanted to step out of my social ...

Applying anthropology to business means asking the big questions. How does communication influence culture? How does language continue to evolve? And what are the hidden assumptions that shape our ...

Most of us are consciously aware of our personal values and world views. Those of us with a deeper interest in psychology and personal development will also have a good sense of the people, events, ...

Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The ...

For those of us who work in multinational companies with colleagues from around the world or for anyone who works in heterogenous, multicultural societies, having a strongly developed sense of ...