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Nicky Falkof’s ‘Worrier State’ – Part 1

Falkof’s book discusses the everyday experiences of fear and moral anxiety in the city of Johannesburg in post-apartheid state South Africa. Drawing on narrative…

How to use health technologies to “kill one little deer in the dark forest”

There is a global push towards making AI more ethical and transparent. As critical contributions on the topic of AI have pointed out: even…

An anthropological chronicle from EASA 2022

I invite you to share in a partial and subjective review of the exhausting academic marathon that was the 17th congress of the European…

“ARE YOU HEADING TO THE FUN ZONE?”: NOTES FROM THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER

Research takes you to unexpected places. After finishing my PhD, I got a postdoc position at the ERC-funded project WARFUN led by Antonio De…

The intimate life of dissent

Book review of Amarasuriya, Harini, et al. The Intimate Life of Dissent: Anthropological Perspectives. UCL Press, 2020. The Intimate Life of Dissent examines practices…

Humanitarian Technologies of Trust

“Trust in humanitarian action” was the top item on the agenda of the 33rd international conference of the Red Cross movement which took place…

Making medicines trustworthy: pharmaceutical technologies of trust and regulation

How do globalised health regimes create and shape landscapes of medical regulation and patient safety? This essay asks about the many ways in which…

We go get lost

It’s been a busy half year at Allegra Lab, and we are now taking some time off for the summer. We had some great…

Smith Commits a Crime

Smith and Willing is a Paul Antick project. For more information about Smith and Willing, see: Smith & Willing *** Hello, Allegra Lab editorial…

The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death

Durand, P. (2020). The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death. University of Chicago Press. All bolded terms are defined at the bottom of this…

Academic Fictions: 2022

Last year, the Allegra Lab began a thematic thread showcasing a selection of the wonderful “academic fictions” written by students as an assignment for…

On the use and abuse of networks in academia

Like most anthropologists, we have been watching events unfold at Harvard University’s anthropology department over the past weeks: accusations of abuse; letters in support…