Call for reviews: Recent publications on Race
It’s a theme that has been the subject of countless books, articles, monologues and debates: race. We’ve touched upon it in […]
Crisis and Continuity: A Critical Look at the “European Refugee Crisis”
Writing ethnography in sites and times of “crisis” is a challenge that more and more anthropologists are dealing with, as
Are there alternatives to traditional academic publishing models ? #OA
As shown by the myriad of events highlighted during International Open Access Week, the amount of talk and initiatives regarding open
REDUX: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights in Occupied #Palestine – by Lori Allen
When Lori Allen‘s The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine appeared last year, it was
Palestine Threads
REDUX: An educator’s perspective on the academic boycott of Israeli institutions #BDS
Over the past months, colleagues in anthropology and other fields have laid out strong arguments for why one should support
A conversation with De-Colonizer: Research and Art Laboratory for Social Change #Palestine
De-Colonizer: Research and Art Laboratory for Social Change is a project that we, as Allegra Lab, could not ignore when
“We cannot give up hope” – A conversation with Gish Amit on his book #Palestine
Gish Amit is a historian who has been involved in non formal education for twenty years. He taught cinema and
Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions Movement: to Be or Not-to-Be? #Palestine
A few months ago a fellow anthropologist colleague forwarded me a petition: Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions. The
The Road to Oslo and Its Reverse
“If we fail to defend our cause, then we should change the defenders, not the cause.” (Ghassan Kanafani) Oslo has
Palestine Threads
Engaged Anthropology: The AAA’s Israel/Palestine Task Force Report
On 8 October 2015, Israeli security forces brutally beat and arrested two students of Birzeit University, a major Palestinian university