Hurray – It’s a Brand New Allie!
As some of our readers likely guessed, recently something quite marvelous happened within Allegra – something so special as to nudge us to run…
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On Harm and History
I want to begin with Julia´s history, an indigenous woman from the South of Colombia who currently lives in one of Bogotá’s massive shantytowns….
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Hail to the Pioneer – Interview with Alex Golub from Savage Minds
Dear Savage Mind, We are approaching you in the singular, for if our understanding is correct, it was just one ‘savage mind’ that got…
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‘TOP 10’ – ALLIE turns 1!
How about that – this is the week when Allegra turns 1! We’ve made mental notes of this week’s approach for quite some time,…
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Spraying Glamour at AVMoFA
Yesterday we brought you back to basics by introducing the idea behind AVMoFA. Today we continue by sharing a ‘jewel’ from our AVMoFA archives:…
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Bright Horizons – July EVENTS!
WE’RE BACK!!! We hope that you have all enjoyed yourselves during our absence – whether with work or play! On our part we’re once…
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Painful, stinky & get you HIGH!
“When conducting ethnographic fieldwork among professional rock climbers, participant observation makes climbing shoes as essential as the digital recorder in the everyday field package….
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Allegra CALLING!
Allegra: A virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology is looking for new contributors eager to share some of their research findings or their views on…
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Shariah law through the front door – A training for lawyers in London #ANTHROISLAM
Over the past decade, law firms in the UK have faced an increasing demand for expertise in the field of Islamic law. This is…
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And so it ends: Last Day at UN Human Rights Committee
It is the last day of the UN Human Rights Committee’s session and I should be frantically making last-minute notes, to be tying up…
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Snapshots of British Islam (3): Halal dating in London #ANTHROISLAM
The ‘marriage events’ organised by the Islamic Circles take place at Bircbeck College, in central London, usually on Sundays. These events are meant to…
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NGO Strategies, Press Releases and Coalition Building at the UN
During treaty body sessions at the Palais Wilson one of the undoubted ‘hotspots’ for action is the cafeteria located on the first floor opposite…
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