Summer break, reading break
Allegra are, as is the custom, taking a Summer break from 1 July to 1 September. During this time, we […]
Practicing slow scholarship in a hard world
I feel surrounded by a special sense of gratitude, one that I’m unsure I have ever felt before, exactly like
Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
Maya Wind. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. London: Verso. In Towers of Ivory and
Soliciting Slaps – Notes from the Margins of Academia
Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with
Beyond the Footnote: Citation as Disruption in Creative Anthropology
Why We Need to Talk about Referencing Creative Work “I SUPPOSE you’ll manage.” Chubby Sr. García, the regional military liaison
Collective Thinking, Collective Action
Our students and colleagues often raise the question of what ‘resistance’ should look like in the current moment (in case
An ode to being wrong about creativity
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative
Empathy and dialogue: embracing the art of creative review
Imagine the moment you first encounter a piece of creative ethnography—a poem, a performance, an image—that speaks to the heart
GONE ICE-FISHING
It’s this time of the year again, and Allegra will close shop for the many merry end-of-year festivities (or just
Against racist blackmail on US campuses
Cornell University has been in the news for suspending the British-Gambian student Momodou Taal for his lawful involvement in protests