Afghan Wedding Playlist: Men and women’s sides!
My fieldwork in Afghanistan in 2007 involved a substantial amount of time spent at wedding parties. It was rare to […]
Cologne: Why cultural explanations are dangerous for feminism
The sexual assaults that occurred in Cologne on New Year’s Eve will long be remembered in Germany and in Europe
“We cannot give up hope” – A conversation with Gish Amit on his book #Palestine
Gish Amit is a historian who has been involved in non formal education for twenty years. He taught cinema and
Of Critique, philosophy and anthropology – An interview with Ann Stoler
The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) is a program run by The New School for Social Research for the
The Sound of Discord #AnthroIslam
The sound file you’re listening to is a recording of the muezzin’s evening call to prayer at the East London
To be or not to be #CHARLIE – IS that the question?
Over the past week ‘the world’ has been in shock over the murders of the Charlie Hebdo journalists – or has
Democracy building unraveled
This thematic thread gathers together a series of posts by leading experts and anthropologists of Afghanistan, who analyse the 2014
Persistent Point of First Contact – Povinelli & EASA2014
Earlier this week, Allegra published a critique of Elizabeth Povinelli’s keynote at the EASA 2014 in Tallinn written by Sylvain
Culture and Dignity: Dialogues between the Middle East and the West
Written in the aftermath of 9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, this collection of essays by anthropologist
‘European Savages’ at the AAA 2013
After three flights, fifteen hours of travelling, ample soggy sandwiches and three not-too-terrible movies, I finally arrive at the Chicago O’Hara