Haunted: Spirits and the Agency of the No Longer in Niger
In Niger one frequently hears that schools, specifically secondary schools, are haunted. Briefly put, this means that some schools are […]
Paradoxes of child statelessness in Sabah
Since 2012, I have been researching and writing about the difficult situation faced by the children of Filipino and Indonesian
Ghosts in the Schoolyard
“Tuesday 8:30 – Good morning circle 9:00 – I’m raising the children you have forgotten. 10:15 – And you
#EVENTS: Cultural Heritage, Ethnographic Storytelling and the Future of the University
Anthropologists are known for being great travel buddies. Take one (or more) with you to Vietnam and Ghana by way
Anthropology? What ‘Anthropology’?
In September 2018, Jarosław Gowin, Poland’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, abolished anthropology as an academic discipline by an
Collective Letter Against the Eradication of Polish Anthropology
Allegra Lab asks its readers to please consider giving their signatures to a collective letter we have drafted to
Overheard and misunderstood: calling in as social media practice
In the days leading up to the 2018 AAA annual conference, Allegra Laboratory published an open call on Twitter for
AAAs in the Anthropocene #AmAnth2018
This meeting was, for me, overshadowed – and somehow defined – by the #CaliforniaWoodfire smoke. I was flying in from
The Privileged Discomfort of Border Crossings
As social scientists our work often directly grows out of our personal journeys—journeys that are physical, emotional, intellectual and political.
The Gloss of Harmony
I spent much of my fieldwork at a department of the UK Government grappling with a confusing dynamic between civil