One-Shots Archives - Page 8 of 54

#AisforAnthropology: In Conversation with Nika Dubrovsky (I)

On a February Thursday afternoon, Nika Dubrovsky and Allegra assistant editor Emilie Thevenoz sat down together over Zoom. The chat […]

To kick-off our #AisforAnthropology thread, Nika Dubrovsky will be talking to us throughout the week about her project, A4Kids. Our

February, 2021 / By Fino

Part Four: “When will this Covid be over?” During the first month of T.’s search for work in Dubai, Covid-19

In December 2020, a group of social scientists gathered virtually at the LSE Department of Anthropology to discuss the relationship

February, 2021 / By Fino

Part Three: A Travel Agent selling Freedom For the second half of my stay, I lived in a shared accommodation

February, 2021 / By Fino

Part Two: New Opportunities, New Stress In the Gulf region, Dubai has been a forerunner in the transformation towards a

February, 2021 / By Fino

Arrivals to uncertainty In mid-December 2020, my friend T. returned to Dubai from Egypt in the hope of getting his

February, 2021 / By Paul Antick

For more information about Smith & Willing, see: www.smithandwilling.com Smith and Willing are fictional characters and in the following interview

December, 2020 / By Allegra Lab

This year, 2020. … the less we speak of it, the better, right? Still, it needs to be said that:

December, 2020 / By Matan Kaminer

Since its publication in 2019, Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press)