The Politics of Framing and Staging. Interdisciplinary approaches to performance
Bernardo: Who’s there? Francisco: Nay, answer me: stand and unfold yourself! [i] These opening lines of Shakespeare’s Hamlet create a scenario […]
DanceExtravaganza Threads
Karaoke as performance ideology: youth and self-fashioning in Kampala’s night life
Yellow Bar, Mukono, Central Uganda; February 2010. It is Saturday night in Mukono on the outskirts of Kampala city. The
Air Guitar as Folk Art
On arriving at Oulu, Finland’s airport, signs somewhat cheekily announce “You’re in a smart city.” The proud reference to Oulu’s
Let’s Dance (or Perform)!
After a few heavy weeks – violence, borders, Kurdish disapora – this week will feature something lighter, perhaps. For this week
Studying violence anthropologically
This week, Allegra investigates a difficult subject: violence and suffering as these are experienced on the margins and peripheries of
Books on “Violence” looking for reviewers #AnthroViolence
It has been a stimulating week at Allegra, with many fabulous posts by anthropologists working on ‘violence’. If you missed
Medicine at the Margins: Conflict, Sectarianism and Health Governance in Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit Town, the administrative capital of the impoverished, neglected and semi-autonomous Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan, has been at the
Transitional Justice and the Critique of Violence
The African continent has been at the forefront of experiments with transitional justice. There have been amnesties, truth commissions, criminal
City of Fear: Everyday experience of insecurity in Lyari (Karachi)
I first visited Lyari in August 2012 when I joined Laurent Gayer in conducting a focus group discussion with members
Mumbai (1992-93) and Ahmedabad (2002), a tale of two cities: Narratives of violent and victimized women enduring urban riots in India
Brief extract from a forthcoming publication Over the past decades, the rapid rise of Hindu nationalism or Hindutva in