The State and International Relations, Ethnographically: Sites, Objects, Lives
This week begins a new thematic thread conceived around the topic, “The State and International Relations, Ethnographically: Sites, Objects, Lives.” […]
REDUX: Abjected Spaces, Debris of War
To close our thematic week on the anthropology of the state, we re-publish (with the permission of the author) this
REDUX: “Cleaning Up the Streets”
Hillbrow, Johannesburg: It’s April 2008. I am in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel, one of Johannesburg’s most happening nightclubs
Call for Reviews: #AnthroState #Africa
As we start into 2018, we seize the opportunity of this post by Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan on
Anthrostate Call Reviews
Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on the #Anthrostate
The last two weeks here at Allegra have been dedicated to all things #Anthrostate. To continue the theme, we have
Anthrostate Threads
Circulating the state idea and establishing a state system in Palestine
Since 2007, the Palestinian government in the West Bank has been working to build a state while under occupation. Already
Emergent Conversation: Being Like a State #anthrostate
Today we are very pleased to continue our #AnthroState debate via this collaboration with the Political and Legal Anthropology Review
Anthrostate Threads
The State Against the State
On April 2nd 2015, the bloody attack on Garissa University College captured and dominated news headlines worldwide. The attack was
“Unknown evil-doers perturbing the peace”: Mass fainting and the reproduction of hegemony in Luanda, Angola
Gina lay on a mattress in her room, the drip stuck in her hand, feeling “very feeble”. The sister of
Facades and Facelesness
“We will continuously say how rooted we are in this county like a plane tree embracing the soil with its