November 2017 - Allegra Lab

becoming legal

November, 2017 / By Fiona Murphy

The cover-image of Ruth Gomberg-Munoz’s book Becoming Legal: Immigration Law and Mixed Status Families depicts a group of protestors holding […]

November, 2017 / By Peter Soles Muirhead

Bruce O’Neill’s (2017) The Space of Boredom is a historically rich and theoretically innovative ethnography of contemporary homelessness and social

November, 2017 / By Daniel Souleles

The task of reviewing Mark Goodale’s Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction was weird, in a fractal way. The book

November, 2017 / By Peter Lockwood

Victor flew into the tackle, blocking the opponent’s shot at goal. Shouts of praise went up from the fans and

November, 2017 / By Ilona Suojanen

Most of us are seeking happiness. Now more than ever, happiness has became one of the most pursued goals, and

November, 2017 / By Franziska Fay

Samira and Amna visit me in the afternoon after finishing Quran school (madrasa). After they have taken off their buibuis

November, 2017 / By Anya Evans

Imagine being able to remotely and anonymously search through locals in your area, browse through pictures of them, and chat

November, 2017 / By Rachel Douglas-Jones

Using participation in a collective online experiment with Twitter as a springboard, I interrogate the tweet as a fieldnote. How

November, 2017 / By Minke Nouwens

Dear Allegra readers, welcome to this week’s new #thread on emerging digital practices! Today’s post introduces not only this theme but

November, 2017 / By Balasescu, Alexandru

I wrote this fiction in January 2017, following a series of events in international politics. I felt the need to