Border Work by Madeleine Reeves
In contemporary political anthropology, ‘the state’ is a curious as if object (Navaro-Yashin 2002). It has come to dominate the sub-discipline since the 1990s….
Read MoreIn contemporary political anthropology, ‘the state’ is a curious as if object (Navaro-Yashin 2002). It has come to dominate the sub-discipline since the 1990s….
Read MoreThis book comes to life as a product of fifteen years of research in and about the festive culture of Mulids, Muslim festivals held…
Read MoreLila Abu-Lughod’s book, Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, expands on her thoughts from an earlier article similarly titled. As she explains, this book is “a…
Read MoreThis post represents the final part of our special review section on Money From Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa. Check out the first…
Read MoreThis post marks the first installment of our special review section on Money from Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa. Deborah James’ Money From…
Read MoreUniversities have a long history. Buckets even longer. Nevertheless, perhaps not many times in the past have universities and buckets crossed each other’s paths….
Read MoreAnger was abundant in South Africa during the 1990s. After the abolition of Apartheid in 1994, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to…
Read MoreAnonymous peer review has the power to transform. It can turn trust into suspicion; it can be uplifting or leave you without a leg…
Read MoreI welcomed the opportunity to see how scholars of food studies would make use of one of my take-to-the-desert-island favorite books, Raymond Williams’The Country…
Read MoreLong-term vegetarian (and member of The Beatles) Paul McCartney famously observed that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all become vegetarians. Part of…
Read MoreThe last two weeks here at Allegra have been dedicated to all things #Anthrostate. To continue the theme, we have handpicked some of our favourite…
Read MoreThis Thursday, Allegra TV gives you a recent talk by Mark Goodale held at the University of Copenhagen on May 7, 2015. This talk uses…
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