I came across an interesting paper entitled "The Ethics of Tawas and Other Rituals in Medical Practices". Here is its abstract: Rituals in medical practice have either been seen as an anthropological ...

Sports psychologists once treated rituals as a confidence trick — a placebo. The science has gotten more interesting than ...

Whether it’s the dread of a trip to an overcrowded shopping mall, the challenge of picking out the right gifts, the frustration over delivery delays, or the hit to the wallet, shopping for holiday ...

In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes for sacrifice. I witnessed ...

Last week, I participated in my first ever virtual hooding ceremony for new PhDs in the Department of Anthropology at Washington University. It was a distinctly strange affair. Over 100 people ...