In praise of the scaffolding
In my experience, when the ethnographic mission collapsed, this scaffolding remained standing, rich and complex, in plain view. There, the […]
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Shocked, not Surprised
The surest signal that we are having something akin to a #metoo moment in academia is when my social media
Community-Based Open Access, Fast and Slow
I would like to make the case that open access remains relevant to the mix of painful problems and worthy
Pyramid Scheme. #hautalk
For people immersed in bureaucratic institutions, like universities, the current ruckus over HAU raises at least one longstanding anthropological question:
Sovereignty in Exile
As a contributor to a recent issue in Cultural Anthropology noted, enough attention has been devoted to sovereignty over the
A Note on MUHUM
Muslim Humanitarianism – short MUHUM – is a platform that seeks to foster debate on the complex relationship between charity,
Why?
Mission Statement Allegra began in 2013 as a small group of renegade anthropologists creating a voice for themselves in the
On the Recent Rulings against Academics for Peace in Turkey
The criminal proceedings against several hundreds of academics in Turkey who signed a petition for peace (Academics for Peace) continue
Current Trends in the Anthropology of Bureaucracy – A Report
The study of bureaucracy has become a standard prerogative of English-language anthropology in recent years. Long gone are the days