With My Life
‘[…] I will preserve and protect The honour and independence of my country With my life!’ First light: a deep purple over the edge…
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Podcasting for Anthropologists: Ethical and Technical Considerations
Are you an anthropologist considering podcasting? Then this post is for you 🙂 Sound is widely accessible, it conveys nuances of emotion, atmosphere and…
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Larissa’s Story: Behind the Migration Crisis Headlines
In late September, 2019, the current US presidential administration struck several unprecedented deals with the Northern Triangle governments of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador…
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Notes on a Postcard
The exhibition The World Exists To Be Put on A Postcard has been running at the British Museum throughout the summer. It is an…
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Glimpses of Life in Indefinite Debt in the Czech Republic
“I can only work cash-in-hand [načerno] for the rest of my life,” Nina[1] told me as we were sitting in her kitchen drinking black…
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Reflections on Performance Ethnography and Public Engagement #Report
You would have been forgiven for doing a double take if you walked past UCL Anthropology’s Darryl Forde Seminar Room on Monday 10 June,…
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Brokered Subjects: Sex, Trafficking, and the Politics of Freedom #Interview
The topic of sex trafficking captured the imagination of the public for already a few decades. Despite the definition of trafficking being rather blurry, fighting…
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‘Rescuing’ food: Dumpster Diving as Political Activism
It is already dark, past 10 pm, and Dora, Emil and I are riding our bikes to the backyards of local supermarkets in a…
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#SummerBreak
Allegra is going on holiday until mid-August. We’ll gladly receive your suggestions and submissions from mid-August again (and we’ll be cooking up a few…
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No Country for Anthropologists?
The conference No Country for Anthropologists? Ethnographic Research in the Contemporary Middle East, which we co-organized and hosted at the University of Zurich in…
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Podcast Round up: Best of May
Did you hear the one about the sperm and the consultant? No? How about ‘why did the UFO cross the road’? (Was it too…
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Podcast Round Up: Best of March & April
Sore eyes? Glasses need cleaning and you’ve misplaced your cleaning cloth? Need something to do whilst desperately hoping your baby will fall asleep on…
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