Sapiens (magazine)
{{Short description|American anthropology magazine}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Sapiens
| publisher = Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
| language = English
| category = Online magazine - Science
| founded = 2016
| country = United States
| website = {{URL |sapiens.org}}
}}
Sapiens is a digital magazine about the human world and has been in publication since 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.wennergren.org/programs/sapiens/|title=Sapiens|website=Wenner-Gren Foundation|access-date=June 17, 2022}} The magazine focuses on anthropology including aspects such as archaeology, culture, biology, and language. The goal is to publish anthropological essays that explore human-related topics in an innovative and thought-provoking way.
The magazine is funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and published in collaboration with the University of Chicago Press. The magazine remains editorially independent.{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/pr/200504|title=The University of Chicago Press and the Wenner-Gren Foundation collaborate to produce SAPIENS|website=University of Chicago Press|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}
The magazine has a podcast produced by House of Pod that focuses on conversations with anthropologist from around the world.{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sapiens-a-podcast-for-everything-human/id1425178922|title=SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human|website=Apple Podcasts|accessdate=June 17, 2022}}
Awards
In 2017, Sapiens magazine received the American Anthropological Association General Anthropology Division New Directions Award for "providing quality scholarship in sophisticated yet accessible formats".{{cite web|url=https://gad.americananthro.org/new-directions-award-winners/|title=GAD New Directions Award Winners: 2017 Awardees|website=GAD|date=8 September 2020 |accessdate=June 19, 2022}}
In 2018, Chip Colwell, editor-in-chief of Sapiens Magazine, received the American Anthropological Association Executive Director's Award for Innovative Directions to the field for his "creative, resourceful, and risk-taking work".{{cite web|url=https://2018.anthroannualreport.org/awards/|title=American Anthropological Association: 2018 Awardees|website=American Anthropological Association|accessdate=June 19, 2022}}
In 2017, Elizabeth Svoboda, writing for Sapiens magazine, was the winner of the 2017 Gene S. Stuart award for archaeological journalism of the Society for American Archaeology.{{cite web|url=https://www.saa.org/career-practice/awards/gene-s.-stuart-award|title=Society for American Archaeology Awards |website=Society for American Archaeology|accessdate=June 19, 2022}} Her article “The Darkest Truths”{{cite web|url=https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/the-darkest-truths/|title=Sapiens: The Darkest Truths |website=Sapiens|date=4 February 2016 |accessdate=June 19, 2022}} represents an "informative and thoughtful look into Holocaust archaeology with its attending ethical dimensions and responsibilities".
Megan I. Gannon, writing for Sapiens magazine, was awarded the 2021 Society for American Archaeology Gene S. Stuart award in recognition of efforts to enhance public understanding of archaeology.{{cite web|url=https://www.saa.org/career-practice/awards/gene-s.-stuart-award|title=Society for American Archaeology Awards |website=Society for American Archaeology|accessdate=June 19, 2022}} Her article “Unearthing the True Toll of the Tulsa Race Massacre”{{cite web|url=https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/tulsa-race-massacre/|title=Sapiens: Unearthing the True Toll of the Tulsa Race Massacre|website=Sapiens|date=22 May 2020 |accessdate=June 19, 2022}} was considered a "timely and compelling piece about a little-remembered but horrific episode of racial violence".
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External links
- [https://www.sapiens.org Sapiens website]