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Medical Technologies and Infrastructure: Exploring Im/Mobility and Dis/Connectivity in “Global Health”

There are numerous approaches to defining “Global Health” (Brown, Cueto, and Fee 2006; Farmer et al. 2013; Fassin 2012; Janes […]

January, 2017 / By Judith Beyer

As Allegra’s reviews editor, I am not only dealing with awesome new publications every week, but also get to think

January, 2017 / By M. Gabriela Torres

Politics, law and global agendas all actively shape the kinship bonds that are formed and sometimes dissolved in marriage. To

January, 2017 / By Felix Girke

In early 2015, I followed the case of Rachel Dolezal, the Spokane woman who attempted to pass as black. She

January, 2017 / By Subhashim Goswami

Nayanika Mathur’s Paper Tiger. Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India is an ethnography of the everyday life of

January, 2017 / By Judith Beyer

After a well deserved break during the holiday season, Allegra is back and full of energy for yet another exciting

December, 2016 / By Jason Danely

When I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of

December, 2016 / By Tanja Ahlin

I take issue with innovation. To be sure, I admire the creative and practical potential of it, which is what

Antonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a

December, 2016 / By Jason Danely

I am thrown into an image: Two figures climbing steep stone stairs, so tall that I cannot see what lies