November #Events !!!
It’s time for some EVENTS! This is what’s happening in Anthropology (and beyond). Follow the news, join networks, participate in workshops and conferences –…
Read MoreIt’s time for some EVENTS! This is what’s happening in Anthropology (and beyond). Follow the news, join networks, participate in workshops and conferences –…
Read MoreBy now it should come as surprise to no one that we are working VERY hard to make Allegra everyone’s favorite Anthroblog! Since we…
Read MoreAt the entrance of a mid-sized, freshly renovated office building stands a security check-up point. Manned with three guards and state of the art…
Read MoreToronto, summer 2012, three of us having lunch at an Indian restaurant downtown—me and two young Tibetan friends. We were discussing citizenship and asylum…
Read MoreToday we are happy to share with you an interview with Latif Tas who is a socio-legal researcher currently based in UK. By addressing…
Read MoreThe lack of a sovereign entity undoubtedly distinguishes the Kurdish diaspora from other state-bound diasporas, and Kurds are certainly to be included in the…
Read MoreFor many years now there has been a constant stream of distressing news coming from the Middle East: authoritarian regimes frequently curb their political…
Read MoreThe world has been shocked by the “two monumental crisis”, the “twin plagues of Ebola and ISIS”, UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Zeid…
Read MoreThis week Allegra will focus on Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. We will start with a conversation with Latif Tas who has recently published…
Read MoreIs fieldwork a pair of contact lenses or eye surgery – and what are eyes anyway? I was in Lebanon for entirely personal reasons….
Read MoreExpulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy by Saskia Sassen. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674599222. 304 pages. A review by D.T. Cochrane …
Read MoreThe anthropology of human rights has devoted increasing attention to how diverse groups and societies interpret and implement (or not) international legal norms. The…
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