“We don’t have to whisper”: Fieldnotes from Odesa
I met Engineer Yakiv[1] on board a merchant ship I had joined just south of Sri Lanka in early 2013. I was there to…
Read MoreI met Engineer Yakiv[1] on board a merchant ship I had joined just south of Sri Lanka in early 2013. I was there to…
Read MoreI started my own journey in the Brazilian northeast, on the plane from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza, Ceará, with a dream. After wandering…
Read MoreWhat do you know: the summer is already gone! It feels that only moments ago we solicited contributions to our fieldwork thread, and now…
Read MoreThis week, we’re sharing some of our recently-acquired fieldnotes with you, dear reader, in addition to two installments from our reviews section. Journeys can…
Read MoreWhat does it feel like to do fieldwork? How does one encounter experiences of suffering, trauma – even death – while maintaining the desired degree of…
Read MoreAah – it’s almost that time of the year again! Namely the time when many anthropologists sheds their boring ‘everyday’ selves and reconnect with…
Read MoreThe climate crisis is upon us. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves and fires are increasingly wreaking havoc around the globe….
Read More Allegra Lab · From Despair To Where? Anthropology, critique, political practice and the case for radical optimism TRANSCRIPT OF THE AUDIO ESSAY…
Read MoreIntroduction: Destabilising Concepts Aja Smith and Anne Line Dalsgård Moving from the first section of the thread where hundreds performed as much as a method…
Read MoreThere is something beautiful that lies within repetitive actions; something inventive and creative that emerges through doing things again and again. The way musicians…
Read MoreLast year, the Allegra Lab began a thematic thread showcasing a selection of the wonderful “academic fictions” written by students as an assignment for…
Read MoreAll achievement is threatened by the machine, as long as it dares to take its place in the mind, instead of obeying. That…
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