Queueing for wine – Queueing for nothing #EASA2016/2018
Reflections on the EASA Conference at the University of Milano-Bicocca, 20-23 July, 2016 : “Anthropological legacies and human futures” It was […]
Religion in the Age of Development: Encounters in Asia
Religious actors have become increasingly involved in development. Likewise, development actors like the World Bank have also become interested in
In praise of the scaffolding
In my experience, when the ethnographic mission collapsed, this scaffolding remained standing, rich and complex, in plain view. There, the
Bringing anthropologies of the state to Mainz: A workshop report
With #anthrostate, allegralab seems to suggest that there is a distinct subdiscipline of anthropology that studies the contemporary state. However,
#Report: Envy and Greed: A Political Economy of Accusation and Critique
On the fourth and fifth of June, the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted
The Nerds’ Turn: Battling for a Democratic Academia in Poland
As students and academics in Poland are fighting to defend democracy and autonomy of the universities, this post is a
51 essential rules for doing research
Be free. Eat sweets. Do not go to university (but use the university to print for free). Resist academic hierarchy.
Till Mostowlansky on Muslim Humanitarianism
Till Mostowlansky is a Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute in Geneva who
On the Recent Rulings against Academics for Peace in Turkey
The criminal proceedings against several hundreds of academics in Turkey who signed a petition for peace (Academics for Peace) continue
#Podcast Interview Round Up: The Best of March
This month’s round up of the best anthropology podcasts brought to you in collaboration with the ever amazing New Books in