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The Making of an African Working Class
An ethnography of class identity and consciousness, its origins and its component dynamics, is a tall order. After all, it is not a straightforward…
Read MoreAn ethnography of class identity and consciousness, its origins and its component dynamics, is a tall order. After all, it is not a straightforward…
Read MoreAAH, it’s a new week filled once again with tons of ‘Allegra Fun’! This week we set things off by continuing our discussion on…
Read MoreThis is the second part in our Special Review section of Edward Fischer‘s book The Good Life: Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing….
Read MoreThis is the second part in our Special Review section of Tansy E. Hoskins´ book Stitched Up – The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion….
Read MoreAnthropology between Book and Blog – Evaluation Criteria and Communication in Academia. Talk on the Occasion of Allegra Lab’s Website Relaunch in Berlin at…
Read MoreEdward Said once wrote: ‘Our age, with its modern warfare, imperialism and the quasi-theological ambitions of totalitarian rulers – is indeed the age of…
Read MoreThe Syrian conflict has caused the forced displacement of many refugees. In November 2014, UNRWA[1] estimated the total number of Palestinian refugees displaced inside…
Read MoreOver the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence and insecurity. Since the…
Read MoreTansy E. Hoskins. 2014. Stitched Up. The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion. Pluto Press. 256 pp. ISBN: 9780745334561. Tansy E. Hoskins’ Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist…
Read MoreBy now many of our devoted Allies may have gathered that ‘something’s up!’ The changing Facebook profile, hints of ‘something to come’… Combined it…
Read MoreThis short piece aims to touch on how our overview of the ‘Greek’ crisis can benefit from anthropological approaches, especially as the expected radical…
Read MoreRachel E. Black 2012. Porta Palazzo: The Anthropology of an Italian Market. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. 232 pp. ISBN 978-0-8122-4406-9 This is…
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