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Curated Collections highlight previously published articles from our AnthroSource archives that speak to urgent issues in the present, offering insight into current events unfolding around the globe. From movements for racial justice and Indigenous sovereignty to the social implications of climate change, technological transformation, migration, and public health, these contributions demonstrate anthropology’s enduring relevance and responsibilities.

This collection, on elections, was put together at a time when democratic institutions around the world are under growing threat from disinformation, the concentration of corporate and political power, voter suppression, and more. The authors featured here draw on research from the United States to Brazil, India, West Papua, Northern Ireland, and Australia to show that elections are not only procedures for counting votes but social and cultural events through which people imagine citizenship, belonging, and the future.…