The Arab Spring: The Imaginary Borders of a ‘Revolution’
To continue our discussion on ‘borders’, Simone Maddanu offers an insight into the permanent liminal time-space in which migrants who […]
Piggy-Bank
Several years ago I was a lead researcher on a project studying how faith-based nonprofit service organizations use social capital
Lamentations of the Bearded Lady
I am the bearded lady. I am neither whining about my condition nor do I want your pity. For I
LAW & ANTHROPOLOGY CALLING
Fellow Allegrians, aspiring or confirmed anthros, creative spirits: this list of upcoming events and calls for papers and applications has
The American Dream!
For some climbers vans have become the ultimate commodity, a personified good that goes far beyond their initial displacement
Globalisation and its BORDERS
Two particularly significant types of borders divide the global world. There are the national borders separating different countries, and then
A conversation with Heath Cabot on her new book on the Greek asylum crisis #BORDERS
Heath Cabot’s first monograph, entitled « On the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece », will come out with the
New publications #PublicationJihad
This week, our #PublicationJihad continues with Allegra’s own currated list of books covering a large spectrum of themes: from the
The Other Shore by Michael D. Jackson
The Other Shore: Essays on writers and writing. University of California Press, 2012. 205pp. By Michael D. Jackson  Anthropologists have
‘In the air’ – Discussion with Eeva Berglund, EASA Book Series
Since 1992, the EASA has published its own collection, initially with Routledge and now with BerghahnBooks. Among its most popular