Anthropologist Margaret Mead said the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture is a femur that had been broken and then healed. She theorized that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, ...

Pioneering anthropologist Margaret Mead came of age in a time of enormous change and uncertainty. In the aftermath of World War I, as technologies like the radio and automobile began to take hold, ...

Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that tells a remarkable story. “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of ...

A glance at the May 21 issue of The Nation: What would Margaret Mead say? At a recent conference marking the centenary of Margaret Mead’s birth, scholars examined the work of a “popular icon” who was ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Human Rights Watch Film Festival recently announced it’s closing down, and the future of Hot Docs remains uncertain at best. But there’s some hopeful news for the troubled film festival ...

The 33rd annual Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival will screen 33 films, including documentaries and other non-narrative works, animation, experimental films and indigenous media, at the American ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The 2019 Margaret Mead Film Festival–a showcase for ...

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