On parasitic professionalism
Last month I received an email from an “associate” working at a research institution that caters to the biggest development agencies worldwide: DFID, UN,…
Read MoreLast month I received an email from an “associate” working at a research institution that caters to the biggest development agencies worldwide: DFID, UN,…
Read MoreLet’s conclude this Allegra week with another one of our monthly events’ post! No thematic focus this time but a few opportunities to further…
Read MoreMy heart skips a beat, more than once. Finally, a conference in the one place I wanted to return to since my happy childhood…
Read MoreAnthropology today is in a moment of creative rupture, redefinition, and profound possibility. Our collective intellectual energy is directed toward contemporary social and political…
Read MoreEver since the multiplication of protest movements that have gained prominence since 2011, the issue of change and its assessment has become a recurring…
Read MoreYou know us well! We, at Allegra, are always on the look out for exciting anthropological events from around the world. Which is why…
Read MoreOver the next two days, Allegra will be busy reporting on the international workshop Rethinking political agency in the Middle East: Engaging political anthropology…
Read MoreHumanitarianism is a chimera, arguably an infection, but certainly an ethos and organising principle of our age that intersects with transformative moral-political modes of…
Read MoreThis week Allegra focuses on an exciting new feature incorporated into our beloved website a while back: namely Projects! What this feature entails are collaborations…
Read MoreThe theme of “living fictions” comes from a presentation I gave at a recent meeting of the EASA Anthropology of Law and Rights network…
Read MoreCool kids. On a rainy afternoon towards the end of my fieldwork in Qilin, southwest China, I sat with one of my informants, Jiao…
Read MoreThe anthropologist is a peculiar creature. We study the world, yet too often do not share our insights with the world. Our work explores…
Read More