The Complexity of Human Rights: A Discussion of Sally Engle Merry’s Work
Human rights are avowedly universal but must be translated by local activists to make sense in specific contexts, a process […]
The coopting of ‘participation’ in development discourse: observations from the ground
When concepts such as ‘participation’ that emanated from radical movements with the objective of transforming social relations and power structures
Climate Preconstruction in Coastal Africa
The climate crisis is upon us. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves and fires are increasingly wreaking
Two sides of the same Euro: A field note on recent farmer protests from southern Italy
Between February 8 and 9, 2024, two fleets arrived in Brindisi, a port city in the southern Italian region of
How solidarity with migrant people is stifled at the France-UK border
Over 150 organisations called for citizens to mobilise against the new, controversial French immigration law deemed ‘an ideological victory’ by
Why ‘Framing Gaza’?
There has never been a better documented war than the one unfolding in Palestine at the moment. As Elshaik, Martinez
AnthroKino: Spring Program
This spring, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a line up of
Letter from Gaza with a response from New York
The Institute of Women’s Studies (IWS) at Birzeit University in Palestine has launched “Women’s Testimonies from Gaza”, a project aiming
On an abyssal edge: a streak of blood, and absence
The murdered is carried on the shoulders. In haste, a cadaver shrouded in white is slipped into an indoor mass
The Kobane Generation
In September 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) laid siege to the town of Kobane in the