Luanda Taxi – a fieldwork playlist
Conducting ethnographic fieldwork in a hectic, chaotic, and sprawling multimillion metropolis like Luanda presents logistical and epistemological challenges. If one is not focusing on…
Read MoreEssays, Fieldnotes, Conversations, Notes, Films, Fiction, Happenings
Conducting ethnographic fieldwork in a hectic, chaotic, and sprawling multimillion metropolis like Luanda presents logistical and epistemological challenges. If one is not focusing on…
Read MoreThe sexual assaults that occurred in Cologne on New Year’s Eve will long be remembered in Germany and in Europe more broadly. What a…
Read MoreFor El Señor On January 8 I followed – along with perhaps most of the world’s population connected to the net – the coverage of the…
Read MoreRecently, a petition written by Turkish academics has circulated online, demanding an end to the Turkish government’s attacks on the Kurdish provinces of the…
Read MoreAs we embark on yet another Allegra year, let’s take a look back: what were your favorite posts for 2015? Reading this list of…
Read MoreA while back I experienced bitter disappointment as yet another funding application was rejected. The fact that I was only one of thousands of…
Read MoreWe’re back – and full of energy for YET another exciting Allegra year! We hope that your break was enjoyable and relaxing (and do…
Read MoreOn Saturday 28 November Alun Withey and I hosted Framing the Face: New Perspectives of the History of Facial Hair, a one day conference…
Read MoreThe goal should be human rights, freedom, and dignity for all, and Black Muslims in the United States have been at the vanguard of…
Read MoreThis is the second part of a long essay, first part of which was published here. 1.1. The Yemeni Arab Spring: crisis and revolution…
Read MoreIf you can rely on God with due reliance, He will provide you with sustenance in such a manner as He provides birds and…
Read MoreOn Sunday 7 July 2015, the Cameroon Radio and Television in its weekly Sunday Program, Cameroon Calling, broadcasted what shocked the public audience. It…
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