Future Suspended #AnthroState
This week at ALLEGRA’s TV we share an intriguing documentary on the current Greek crisis. Future Suspended by Ross Domoney […]
“Unknown evil-doers perturbing the peace”: Mass fainting and the reproduction of hegemony in Luanda, Angola
Gina lay on a mattress in her room, the drip stuck in her hand, feeling “very feeble”. The sister of
Reviews Symposium
#Review: One Hour in Paris. A True Story of Rape and Recovery, Part 1 of 2
One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery is one part personal memoir, one part intellectual exploration
Facades and Facelesness
“We will continuously say how rooted we are in this county like a plane tree embracing the soil with its
Fantastic States!
This thematic week is the continuation of a discussion on the state we, at Allegra, started in november last year.
#EVENTS: The stage is yours!
The events season is in full bloom with many exciting happenings forthcoming soon! Allegra has, once again, curated a carefully
Brazilian Food. Race, Class and Identity in Regional Cuisines
“The symbolic power of foods…is different from (even if related in some manner to) the tactical and structural power that
‘The Other Side’ – Attempted suicide, impossible love and (un)crossed boundaries
This time we are proud to present The Other Side, an enchanting ethnographic film by Mukhtar Shehata and Samuli Schielke.
REDUX: #Fieldwork with children
Today we combine two recent Allegra themes – both very dear to us – by revisiting a jewel from our
The Darjeeling Distinction. Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India.
In The Darjeeling Distinction, Sarah Besky provides a highly readable and theoretically ambitious ethnography of tea plantations in West Bengal’s