Becoming Bureaucrats
Zachary Oberfield’s work Becoming Bureaucrats (2014) provides the academic community with a glimpse into the making of police officers and welfare caseworkers in the…
Read MoreZachary Oberfield’s work Becoming Bureaucrats (2014) provides the academic community with a glimpse into the making of police officers and welfare caseworkers in the…
Read More‘Statelessness’ is a legal status denoting lack of any nationality, a status whereby the otherwise normal link between an individual and a state is…
Read MoreThere was a time when universities were modelled after churches. Today their designs echo temples of different kinds – namely corporate headquarters. In light…
Read MoreAs we embark on yet another Allegra year, let’s take a look back: what were your favorite posts for 2015? Reading this list of…
Read MoreA while back I experienced bitter disappointment as yet another funding application was rejected. The fact that I was only one of thousands of…
Read MoreWe’re back – and full of energy for YET another exciting Allegra year! We hope that your break was enjoyable and relaxing (and do…
Read MoreOn Saturday 28 November Alun Withey and I hosted Framing the Face: New Perspectives of the History of Facial Hair, a one day conference…
Read MoreThe goal should be human rights, freedom, and dignity for all, and Black Muslims in the United States have been at the vanguard of…
Read MoreThis is the second part of a long essay, first part of which was published here. 1.1. The Yemeni Arab Spring: crisis and revolution…
Read MoreIf you can rely on God with due reliance, He will provide you with sustenance in such a manner as He provides birds and…
Read MoreOn Sunday 7 July 2015, the Cameroon Radio and Television in its weekly Sunday Program, Cameroon Calling, broadcasted what shocked the public audience. It…
Read MoreIn our 2-day workshop – Grounding (Im)mobilities – Embodiment, Ephemera, Ecologies – at the ICS in Lisbon this past September, more than 30 anthropologists gathered to…
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