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#SummerBreak

July, 2019 / By Allegra Lab

Allegra is going on holiday until mid-August. We’ll gladly receive your suggestions and submissions from mid-August again (and we’ll be […]

The conference No Country for Anthropologists? Ethnographic Research in the Contemporary Middle East, which we co-organized and hosted at the

June, 2019 / By Ian M. Cook

Did you hear the one about the sperm and the consultant? No? How about ‘why did the UFO cross the

May, 2019 / By Ian M. Cook

Sore eyes? Glasses need cleaning and you’ve misplaced your cleaning cloth? Need something to do whilst desperately hoping your baby

May, 2019 / By Allegra Lab

Alessandro Monsutti’s last book “Homo Itinerans: La Planète des Afghans” came out in September last year, with Presses Universitaires de

May, 2019 / By Jacob Hjortsberg

Bitcoin is the world’s first and most successful digital currency. It is based on a protocol that was first proposed

May, 2019 / By Quinn DuPont

I started my journey with cryptocurrencies and blockchains as a Bitcoin miner in early 2013 (DuPont 2014). At the time

May, 2019 / By Matan Shapiro

On 18 of December 2013, amid another nerve-wrecking drop in the Bitcoin price, a pseudonymous user called GameKyuubi published a

May, 2019 / By Matan Shapiro

The Bitcoin Blockchain In October 2008, a person or group of people using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto distributed online a

April, 2019 / By Judith Beyer and Allegra Lab

In her Keynote “On little and grand narratives in Central Asia” (28 March 2019), Allie Judith Beyer investigates the inter-linkages