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Lamentations of the Bearded Lady

I am the bearded lady. I am neither whining about my condition nor do I want your pity. For I do not need your…

A conversation with Heath Cabot on her new book on the Greek asylum crisis #BORDERS

Heath Cabot’s first monograph, entitled « On the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece », will come out with the University of Pennsylvania Press,…

‘In the air’ – Discussion with Eeva Berglund, EASA Book Series

Since 1992, the EASA has published its own collection, initially with Routledge and now with BerghahnBooks. Among its most popular titles are ‘Audit Cultures’…

POLAR-style (PART 1)

Today Allegra is very pleased to share with you a curated list of recent publications by POLAR: Political and Legal Anthropological Review, the flagship…

To Tweet a Knot – or How to Fill ‘DEAD SPACE’

By MHT As we have made overwhelmingly clear, last Wednesday marked an important date in the anthropological calendar for 2014, namely the Anthropological Knots…

Social Media at AAA 2013 – Chirping into the Aether

And so Allegra begins its AAA aftermath. Yes, in blog-time it has been lightyears since the event ended (in real time 7 days), but…

NGO Strategies, Press Releases and Coalition Building at the UN

During treaty body sessions at the Palais Wilson one of the undoubted ‘hotspots’ for action is the cafeteria located on the first floor opposite…

Toward the Anthropology of Boredom – REDUX!

To conclude the first ever ‘Allegra Virtual Retreat of Slow Food for Thought’ (AVRoSFfT) we are recycling a post of which we are particularly…

BIBLIOGRAPHY on Human Rights (Law) etc

We feel that it has by now become evident what we hope to do with Allegra: to both highlight ongoing debates and create new…

Snapshots of British Islam (2): In search of ‘ethical business’ at the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum

From 29 to 31 October, London hosted the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF): an international business event organised by the WIEF Foundation whose…