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 […]
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
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,
Anthropological Knots – the What, the Where, the Who & the Why!
As observant Allegra readers are aware by now, January 15th marks one of the most exciting anthropological events of 2014
INTRODUCING ALLEGRA (BY SAVAGE MINDS)!
Although we have particularly in the ‘About‘ section of Allegra introduced what we are all about, a few words of
Inspirational Holiday Reading: Allegra’s best hits for Fall 2013
As we have said before, we are working hard here in Allegra to find clever & inspiring ways to tackle
And so it ends: Last Day at UN Human Rights Committee
It is the last day of the UN Human Rights Committee’s session and I should be frantically making last-minute notes,
Remembering José Esteban Muñoz – RIP
José Esteban Muñoz (born 1967) died in New York City in December 2013 at the age of 46. His untimely loss
Vermin, pigs and virtuous donkeys: trying the borders of humanity
In law, much and according to some too much is taken for granted. The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of
“Think Like an Anthropologist” – A Conversation with Laura Nader
Laura Nader is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Nader’s current work focuses on how central dogmas