Landscapes of Power
In her monograph Landscapes of Power, Powell takes the proposed – at the time of her initial fieldwork – development project of the coal…
Read MoreIn her monograph Landscapes of Power, Powell takes the proposed – at the time of her initial fieldwork – development project of the coal…
Read MoreIn Landscapes of Power, Dana Powell maps a failure: the proposed Desert Rock power plant which never came into being beyond paper thin promises…
Read MoreWhere do we draw the line of separation? Who draws it, and for which purposes? When the former interior minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini,…
Read MoreThe NGO personnel in Gaziantep’s office (Turkey) was in shock. Little groups were talking loudly in Arabic, or keeping their lips firmly closed. “It…
Read MoreAndersson’s new opus is a haunting and insightful examination of those remote zones of danger and insecurity that are distant yet at the centre…
Read MoreAs neo-nationalists gain strength across Europe and the promise of ‘strong’ borders continues to gain traction with electorates across the world, we need few…
Read MoreWhich books did you, our dear readers, consider as really essential reading in anthropology? Here’s the list of books that you suggested – all 70…
Read MoreBack in in 2015 Allegra published “The 30 Essential Books in Anthropology” – a list curated via a small-scale survey among junior and senior…
Read MoreAt the end of 2015 Allegra launched a virtual survey among junior and senior anthropologists in order to select the 30 essential books in…
Read MorePatterns of food provision and consumption have become objects of increasing concern among both scholars and activists. In the last few decades, the ways…
Read MoreThis post represents the final part of our special review section on Money From Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa. Check out the first…
Read MoreThis post marks the first installment of our special review section on Money from Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa. Deborah James’ Money From…
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