An Anthropologist Discovers The Terrible Emotion Locked In A Word
In 1967, Renato Rosaldo went to live with a Philippine tribe that was known for beheading people. He couldn't grasp the emotion that fueled this violence. Then his wife suddenly died.
Welcome to Invisbilia Season 3! The NPR program and podcast explores the invisible forces that shape human behavior, and we here at Shots are joining in to probe the often tenuous line between perception and reality. Here's an excerpt from Episode 1.
In 1967, anthropologists Renato Rosaldo and his wife Shelly went to live with the llongot, an isolated tribe that lived in the rain forest in the Philippines. It wasn't exactly an accident that this tribe was unstudied — they were known for beheading people.
