In Emory anthropologist Carol Worthman's research around the world, "sleep has emerged as both more flexible and more social than one would think from the perspective of the West," writes Todd Pitock in Aeon Magazine.
"When Worthman started exploring the anthropology of sleep more than a decade ago," the article continues, "the topic was way below the radar of colleagues who believed that culture was something you did while awake. But she found otherwise."
Read the whole article here.
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