Beards, Farts, Drugs & Eye Movements
Although we are still recovering from #anthroislam, today we start a brand new thematic week – call us crazy if […]
Strude, the Danish Burka
The garment before your eyes is called ‘Strude’. I discovered its existence in 2010, while conducting research in Denmark on
Current publications on Islam looking for reviewers! #ANTHROISLAM
In the context of our first thematic week on the anthropology of Islam (follow us on #ANTHROISLAM), Allegra compiled
To Be #HAPPY Muslim Or Not To Be
A group of British Muslims recently produced a video based on Pharrell William’s song #Happy depicting them dancing in the streets
Classic publications on Islam #ANTHROISLAM
To continue our #ANTHROISLAM week, today we offer you a list of classic reading – classic not necessarily as in
Against discipline – A conversation with Baudouin Dupret
In the context of its thematic week on the anthropology of Islam, Allegra met Islamologist Baudouin Dupret for a
Researching Modern Imagination through the Lenses of Islam
Dead serious or pink and fluffy; the ultimate oppressed ‘Other’ or wordly modern citizen and consumer? Talk and visions of
The Arab Spring: The Imaginary Borders of a ‘Revolution’
To continue our discussion on ‘borders’, Simone Maddanu offers an insight into the permanent liminal time-space in which migrants who
Piggy-Bank
Several years ago I was a lead researcher on a project studying how faith-based nonprofit service organizations use social capital
The American Dream!
For some climbers vans have become the ultimate commodity, a personified good that goes far beyond their initial displacement