Advice and Tips for Anthropologists
According to the AAA, anthropology is defined as the study of what makes us human. In accordance with its broad […]
OUR AUTHOR GUIDELINES!
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On Art and Activism
It’s EVENTS’ time again!! From England, to The Netherlands, to Portugal, and all the way to Australia with a stop
70 (or so) Essential Books in Anthropology – Allegra’s Readers’ Choices
Which books did you, our dear readers, consider as really essential reading in anthropology? Here’s the list of books that you
TOP 30 Revisited – Readers’ Choices
Back in in 2015 Allegra published “The 30 Essential Books in Anthropology” – a list curated via a small-scale survey
Interview: Gabriele del Grande is Free
Gabriele del Grande is a journalist and human rights activist, co-director of the documentary ‘On the Bride’s Side’ and founder of
Collaborative music video making in the cityscape of Goma (RDC)
This paper presents a collaborative approach to making music video clips as an ethnographic research tool. The case study is
How Can Making Movies Do Sheep Any Good?
John Adair and Sol Worth, American anthropologists and filmmakers, found themselves in the sticky situation of answering the above question
Filming Future Imaginaries in Kurdistan
It was during my fieldwork in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan, when I started seeing Kobane popping up everywhere in the city.
Photographic engagement
In 2014 I started exploring people’s lives in Parisian suburbs (banlieue)[1] through engaged and creative visual practices. Being an independent