#Review: The Color of Modernity. São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil
The Color of Modernity. São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil is an ambitious effort to rethink […]
Looking forward to a week of #Reviews
During my recent fieldwork in Myanmar, I fell in love with books allover again. Myanmar is a country where everyone
On parasitic professionalism
Last month I received an email from an “associate” working at a research institution that caters to the biggest development
#EVENTS from misconception to transformation
Let’s conclude this Allegra week with another one of our monthly events’ post! No thematic focus this time but a
ICPA 2016: 18th (FAKE!) International Conference on Political Anthropology
My heart skips a beat, more than once. Finally, a conference in the one place I wanted to return to
REDUX: Responsibility and Scholarship in the Current Political Moment – Graduate Conference | 25-26 September 2015
Anthropology today is in a moment of creative rupture, redefinition, and profound possibility. Our collective intellectual energy is directed toward
“Snapshots of Change” – How Focusing on Change Affects Perspectives on Research Material
Ever since the multiplication of protest movements that have gained prominence since 2011, the issue of change and its assessment
Looking for #Events? Follow us this way!
You know us well! We, at Allegra, are always on the look out for exciting anthropological events from around the
Rethinking Political Agency in the Middle East | Workshop Abstracts
Over the next two days, Allegra will be busy reporting on the international workshop Rethinking political agency in the Middle
#Review: The Politics of Humanitarianism: Power, Ideology and Aid
Humanitarianism is a chimera, arguably an infection, but certainly an ethos and organising principle of our age that intersects with