Humanitarian Technologies of Trust
“Trust in humanitarian action” was the top item on the agenda of the 33rd international conference of the Red Cross […]
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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
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.
Smith Commits a Crime
Smith and Willing is a Paul Antick project. For more information about Smith and Willing, see: Smith & Willing ***
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
Academic Fictions: 2022
Last year, the Allegra Lab began a thematic thread showcasing a selection of the wonderful “academic fictions” written by students
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
Heritage out of Control: Today’s utopia tomorrow’s waste?
Exploring how beliefs and spiritual dimensions of inequality turn today’s realities of waste into future heritage and (invisible) monuments When
Heritage out of Control: (B)Lasting Bombs
On January 30, 2021, more than 8000 inhabitants of Göttingen, Germany, had to evacuate their homes. Four suspected WWII bombs
Heritage out of Control: Jinns Matter
Contested mystical heritage in Pemba, Zanzibar On the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, jinns play a key