Virtual Roundtable: Luigi Achilli’s Response
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? “Political agency?! What is political […]
Political Agency – A Virtual Roundtable
Last May, an international workshop entitled Rethinking political agency in the Middle East: Engaging political anthropology took place in Fiesole at
Summer EVENTS list
Hello Allies! Once again, Aude came up with this wonderful list of events for you, to give you a foretaste
On the State. Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992.
As stated on its back cover, in this book the influential French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) investigates the state’s ‘extraordinary
Where are the ladies, Didier Fassin? #EASA2016 Keynote
It’s hot and humid, and yet circa 1000 anthropologists are determined to enter the main conference room of U6 of
The International Institute of Not Doing Much
Browsing the web in preparation of this ‘Slow week’, we came across an online initiative whose Manifesto resonated with Allegra’s
Ivory Tower
From the poetic notes written this morning for today’s opening lecture – I communicated this but not as ‘poetically’: A
Introducing Europe at a Crossroads: An Investigation of European Politics of Austerity and Inhospitality
The idea of the European Union as a partnership for peace, an experiment in post-national democracy, and an abode for
Refugees Without Agency
In late May 2016 riot police buses were rolled onto the Greek highways from Athens to the village of Idomeni,
Brexit, Europe and Anthropology: time to say something
Introduction (by Sarah Green) Brexit means trouble, that is for certain; what is less certain is what kind of trouble.