The Alpine settlement of Falein, where the film Heidi was filmed in 1956. Locals round up calves that have been luxuriating in the fresh grasses and local hay all summer. Photo by Ricabeth Steiger.

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by David Grazian with managing editor Elena G. van Stee, both at the University of Pennsylvania.