Asking Gramsci’s question crisis
Some object to the word ‘crisis’. However, it is useful for describing the sense that what seemed to be an […]
Crisis on the opposite shore – Notes from the field on crisis, revolution, and the possible
This piece is a from-the-field reflection on the ways in which grand events and processes such as global financial crises
Crisis Threads
Crisis, Gender, Time
Economic crises are especially hard on women (Bettio et al. 2013, Manganara 2014, Seguino 2009, UNICRI 2014, Walby 2009) and
Breaking walls and exploring borders in the context of postsocialism
Today we are very excited at Allegra – we continue our experimentation with serving you, dear readers, exotic and delicious
Aftertaste: memories of postsocialism
Allegra’s thematic thread on #postsocialism is coming to its end. We hope that the eight delicious specialties Allegra served you
Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and Socialist World
Patterns of food provision and consumption have become objects of increasing concern among both scholars and activists. In the last
Searching for (post-)Soviet taste
This project was inspired by a curiosity in whether people from the former Soviet states, more than two decades after
Border Work by Madeleine Reeves
In contemporary political anthropology, ‘the state’ is a curious as if object (Navaro-Yashin 2002). It has come to dominate the
REDUX: Rethinking Refugees: Afghan Traders and Exiles in the Former Soviet Union
This piece explores the activities of Afghan merchants in the former Soviet Union especially Tajikistan in Central Asia and Russia
INTRODUCTION: UKRAINE & RUSSIA
Every once in a while we have to remind ourselves of the motto that governs Allegra’s operations: our Academic Slow