Anthropological Job-hunting (and Gathering): Finding Non-Academic Work (2 of 3)
When looking for work – particularly the non-academic kind – remember that who you know is often as important, if not more important than…
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The Laboratory as a Space of Intellectual Freedom
Some of our devoted readers may have wondered why we chose to call Allegra a virtual LABORATORY. That (one of) our primary aim(s) is…
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Anthropological Job-hunting (and gathering): Finding Non-Academic Work (1 of 3)
In my last post I expressed my concern that an overemphasis on oblique anthropological theory was doing a disservice to young anthropology PhDs by…
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Allegra CALLING!
Allegra: A virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology is looking for new contributors eager to share some of their research findings or their views on…
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What do SWISS MOUNTAINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, and THE BOSPHORUS have to do with history and refugee studies?
When I introduce myself as an historian, I am usually met with any one of a number of different reactions. There is the enthusiastic…
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ALLEGRA: The Newsletter!
As is unclear to no one who has been following our posts recently, one of the main ideas for Allegra is to find creative…
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FINALMENTE: The KNOT and its process. El nudo y su proceso.
For almost a month Allegra has been exploring different ways to fill ‘Dead Space’ by showcasing the seminar Anthropological Knots, an experiment that culminated…
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Anthropological Knots Symposium – The VIDEOS!
In January Allegra has made repeated ‘noise’ over an event titled Anthropological Knots. Prior to the event we shared all of its details in…
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The Law Is Not For You
Non pro te lex — the law is not for you — I read on a shield held by a sturdy harnessed putto at…
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Tribute to Jane Cowan for her 60th Birthday
Today Allegra pays tribute to an extraordinary scholar and person – Jane Cowan! Jane Cowan is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Department…
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Public Engagement vs. The Ontological Turn
It’s taken me a while to mentally unpack my experiences from the 2013 AAA conference. The conference itself came at a strange time for…
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To Tweet a Knot – or How to Fill ‘DEAD SPACE’
By MHT As we have made overwhelmingly clear, last Wednesday marked an important date in the anthropological calendar for 2014, namely the Anthropological Knots…
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