Racing for what?
In this post, Ruth Mueller explores how the compulsion for speed in academia plays out in the lives of postdocs. […]
Is Slow Academia Conservative?
In this post, Heather Mendick argues that some calls for slowing down scholarship mask a conservative politics. Last July I blogged
The slow professor (book excerpt)
The Slow Professor originated in telephone conversations about coping with our academic jobs. Not reading an email sent by the
Slow Week! An introduction
Those who have followed Allegra’s adventures from its creation in 2013 will probably remember that our initial motto was “Slow
Rethinking Political Agency in the Middle East | Workshop Abstracts
Over the next two days, Allegra will be busy reporting on the international workshop Rethinking political agency in the Middle
Rethinking political agency in the Middle East #project
This week Allegra focuses on an exciting new feature incorporated into our beloved website a while back: namely Projects! What this
LIVING FICTIONS
The theme of “living fictions” comes from a presentation I gave at a recent meeting of the EASA Anthropology of
Turning cool kids into outlaws – Legal fictions and the management of heroin abuse in post-reform China
Cool kids. On a rainy afternoon towards the end of my fieldwork in Qilin, southwest China, I sat with one
Fictional #Fictions between China and Arstotzka
One interesting way to (momentarily) close this thematic week about living fictions (one that could also speak to many other
On Chinese Pedagogical Legalism (and its Anthropological Ghost) fictions
“You have already been incredibly faithful towards the man. And you have been following all the relevant rules for establishing