Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oppose The Permitting Reform Bill www.congressweb.com/SFAA/61?fram...congressweb.comOppose The Permitting Reform BillClick here to urge your senators and representative to oppose the permitting reform bill. 000
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Webinar - On Oct 14, 2026 join the Wenner-Gren Foundation staff for an introduction to the Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences. wennergren.org/workshop/pro... 022
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026wennergren.org/article/impo... 033
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Meet Wenner-Gren fellowship recipient Morenike Samuel! wennergren.org/fellowship/m... 011
Reposted by Chip ColwellAdvances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · 01/06/2026🎉 Congrats to Sarah Herr on being elected Treasurer of the Society for American Archaeology! As a former editor of AAP, Dr. Herr has made lasting contributions to the journal and the archaeological community. Read her article 'An Intersectional Approach to #Equity, Inequity, and #Archaeology'. 🌍🤝cambridge.orgAn Intersectional Approach to Equity, Inequity, and Archaeology | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge CoreAn Intersectional Approach to Equity, Inequity, and Archaeology - Volume 10 Issue 4 062
Reposted by Chip ColwellOne Broomfield Indivisible @obi80020.bsky.social · 16/05/2026www.julie4.us/broomfield-c... @senadorajulie.bsky.social Canvass for Julie in Broomfield! Saturday, May 23rd from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Broomfield Library #JulieForColorado 0114
Reposted by Chip ColwellCentennial State Prosperity @censtprosperity.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Thank you, Senator @senadorajulie.bsky.social, for voting no on Senate Bill 140 and protecting the critical work Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board is doing to lower the cost of prescription medications for hardworking Coloradans. 0147
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Congrats to Brian Goldstone for winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction! www.pulitzer.org/winners/bria... Listen to WG’s own Chip Colwell interview Brian Goldstone from 2025: www.sapiens.org/culture/five... 032
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026From the www.SAPIENS.org archive. An anthropologist who is also a singer-songwriter explores how Southwestern Native bands shake up the notion of “cowboys and Indians.” www.sapiens.org/culture/nava...sapiens.orgWhy Navajos Love Their Country MusicAn anthropologist explores how Navajo music and Southwestern Native bands shake up the notion of “cowboys and Indians.” 041
Reposted by Chip ColwellSandi Ault @sandiault.substack.com · 30/04/2026@senadorajulie.bsky.social will be in Lone Tree on Monday evening 5/4/2026! Here's the link to RSVP: secure.actblue.com/donate/jgmay4 0106
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026We are thrilled to share the news that Petra M. Creamer has been awarded a Gene S. Stuart Award from the Society for American Archaeology for her SAPIENS article, “When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus.” wennergren.org/article/petr... 031
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026From the SAPIANS.org archive. A former National Park Service anthropologist reflects on the vital role of cultural anthropology to the agency’s mission—and what might be lost if the Trump administration’s cuts to federal funding and staffing continue. www.sapiens.org/culture/nati...sapiens.orgThe Cost of Cutting Anthropology Out of U.S. National ParksA former National Park Service anthropologist reflects on the vital role of cultural anthropology to the agency’s mission. 031
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026The best defense for anthropology by @thurka149.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com I've ever read. Anthropology helps you see the world in ways needed more now than ever. Read and share widely. #AnthropologySky www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | This degree changed my life. And it’s essential to a changing America.Anthropology taught me how to translate human experience into knowledge institutions can act on. 010
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Call your reps! The administration has just released their proposed FY27 NSF budget calling for *closing* the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate and funding NSF as a whole at less than half of this year's amount ($4 billion). #WithoutScience #WithoutNSF #WithoutNSFsbegrant-witness.usFunding Curves: Grantmaking over Time by Agency – Grant Witness 000
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Need to learn more about the publishing landscape? Join this webinar next week! 000
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Is AI replacing the work of skilled radiologists? They give us their thoughts theconversation.com/is-ai-replac...theconversation.comIs AI replacing the work of skilled radiologists? They give us their thoughtsThe possibility of AI automating healthcare work has provoked intense debates, but despite the pace of innovation, here’s why it’s not there yet. 000
Reposted by Chip ColwellBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 31/03/2026If you're near Winston-Salem tomorrow night, I'll be talking about There Is No Place for Us at Wake Forest at 6pm. It's the inaugural event of the Department of Anthropology's "How to Be Human" lecture series. I'd love to see you there.events.wfu.eduThere Is No Place for Us: A Conversation with Brian Goldstone 1386
Reposted by Chip Colwellwennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026If you didn't get a chance to attend WG's webinar about our Global Initiatives Grant program you can check out the video archive now! wennergren.org/workshop/q-a...wennergren.orgQ and A: Advancing Public Anthropology with Wenner-Gren’s Global Initiatives Grant ProgramJoin us for a discussion of how this award will build on the legacy of the Foundation’s investments in public-facing scholarship. 011
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 22/10/2025The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States theconversation.com/the-disgrace...theconversation.comThe disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United StatesFrom grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying their dead in spaces that received few protections. 020
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Hi @dannyalexander.bsky.social Yes we post them within two weeks on sapiens.org. I'll share out those links. Here's the one for Agustin: www.sapiens.org/biology/five-questions-for-agustin-fuentes/.sapiens.orgSAPIENS - Anthropology MagazineSAPIENS is an editorially independent digital magazine about everything human, told through the stories of anthropologists. 010
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 24/07/20253/ To all our contributors and supporters, please know how grateful I am to you for being part of this journey. Read President Danilyn Rutherford’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...wennergren.orgImportant News about SAPIENS 020
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 24/07/20252/ and is seeing an unparalleled pressure for its resources for grants, fellowships, and programs. I am so proud of what SAPIENS accomplished, which has far exceeded what Leslie Aiello and I first dreamed of, when we began this endeavor in 2014. 220
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 24/07/20251/ With a heavy heart, I write to share that SAPIENS is halting the publication of new content by the end of this year. The magazine is a program of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, which recently lost its publication partner for SAPIENS, ... 220
Reposted by Chip Colwellanthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Thanks @bjking.bsky.social !! It was a great discussion w/ @chipcolwell.bsky.social and terrific questions from the audience 041
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 08/07/2025These are going to be absolutely amazing conversations. Hope to see you there!! 031
Reposted by Chip ColwellAnand Pandian @anandian.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Exciting to see SOMETHING BETWEEN US on this list of "novels, memoirs and nonfiction titles so enticing you won’t want to move from your favorite beach towel or deck chair until fall," in the company of new books by some terrific writers here in Maryland. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/14/1...baltimoresun.com10 books by Maryland authors you will want to read this summerOn the list you’ll find the newest novel by National Book Award-winner Susan Choi, an exploration of the causes of America’s social and political divide by Johns Hopkins University anth… 052
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 18/06/2025A colleague recently told me: "Weirdly, becoming a YouTuber is less precarious than being a professor right now." So, maybe you're onto something?! 120
Reposted by Chip ColwellUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Cronk Sumark, “Primrose Hill” in English, is a Celtic Iron Age and Medieval hillfort on the northern part of Isle of Man. This twin-peaked summit, a mere 76 metres above sea level, has archaeological evidence of houses, storage facilities, and communal spaces. #HillfortWednesday 1617
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Want to listen to my book at half off?! 50% OFF Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... #museums #repatriation #history #archaeology #justice #HumanRightsaudiobooks.com50% OFF Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s CultureWho owns the past and the objects that physically connect us to history? And who has the right to decide this ownership, particularly when the objects are sacred or, in the case of skeletal remains, h... 000
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Prison life carved in stone. A profoundly disturbing metaphor, and a commentary on our systems of compliance. 010
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025@accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social lithub.com/why-lit-hub-...lithub.comWhy Lit Hub is no longer on Twitter“Why I’m leaving Twitter” is, at this point, an irritating genre of post. Nonetheless, it’s important to go on record in the face of Elon Musk’s vacuous amorality and its concomitant amplification … 010
Chip Colwell @chipcolwell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025@accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social electricliterature.com/why-electric...electricliterature.comWhy Electric Literature Is Leaving Twitter - Electric LiteratureX has become a dystopian shadow of itself—and a very bad place for literature 110
Reposted by Chip Colwellaccounts-leaving-x.bsky.social @accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Chip Colwell (American anthropologist, author, and editor-in-chief of Sapiens Magazine) leaves X (1.935 followers). BlueSky: @chipcolwell.bsky.social #BlueSkyWins 121