Is Slow Academia Conservative?
In this post, Heather Mendick argues that some calls for slowing down scholarship mask a conservative politics. Last July I blogged about how, despite my…
Read MoreIn this post, Heather Mendick argues that some calls for slowing down scholarship mask a conservative politics. Last July I blogged about how, despite my…
Read MoreThe Slow Professor originated in telephone conversations about coping with our academic jobs. Not reading an email sent by the department chair at 10:45…
Read MoreThose who have followed Allegra’s adventures from its creation in 2013 will probably remember that our initial motto was “Slow down!”. Prior to launching…
Read MoreOn 22 March 2016, the Belgian city of Brussels suffered three calculated and co-ordinated terrorist attacks in the name of the so-called Islamic State….
Read MoreTo what degree can our biological, genetic and reproductive systems be considered the basis for family relationships? Marshall Sahlins divides his answer to this…
Read MoreThe second book by Gardner and Lewis, Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, is both an update and a rewrite of their…
Read MoreThe Color of Modernity. São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil is an ambitious effort to rethink the formation of a…
Read MoreDuring my recent fieldwork in Myanmar, I fell in love with books allover again. Myanmar is a country where everyone reads all the time,…
Read MoreLast month I received an email from an “associate” working at a research institution that caters to the biggest development agencies worldwide: DFID, UN,…
Read MoreMy heart skips a beat, more than once. Finally, a conference in the one place I wanted to return to since my happy childhood…
Read MoreYou know us well! We, at Allegra, are always on the look out for exciting anthropological events from around the world. Which is why…
Read MoreThe anthropologist is a peculiar creature. We study the world, yet too often do not share our insights with the world. Our work explores…
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