Anthrostate

This thematic thread examines new ethnographic strategies for accessing the constitutive fabrics of the state and international relations. Curated by Josh Clark.

Josh Clark is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at University of California, Irvine.

Fantastic States!

June, 2015 / By Allegra Lab

This thematic week is the continuation of a discussion on the state we, at Allegra, started in november last year. […]

Herbert Hoover as the new President of the United States

Recent Publications on the ‘Anthropology of the State’ #AnthroState

November, 2014 / By Allegra Lab

We recently featured a review on the ‘Anthropology of the State’ with Madeleine Reeves’s new publication on Border Work: Spatial

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Undercover at the U.N. Lounge, Where Diplomats Get Drunk and Handsy

November, 2014 / By Noreen Malone

In keeping with this week’s theme, today Allegra is happy to direct you to a piece written by Noreen Malone,

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Smoking Discouraged: Some Observations on Sociality and Measured Authority at the United Nations

November, 2014 / By Joshua Clark

I arrived in Geneva for the first time in July 2010, hoping to spend a few days getting my bearings