Shocked, not Surprised
The surest signal that we are having something akin to a #metoo moment in academia is when my social media […]
The surest signal that we are having something akin to a #metoo moment in academia is when my social media […]
For people immersed in bureaucratic institutions, like universities, the current ruckus over HAU raises at least one longstanding anthropological question:
As a contributor to a recent issue in Cultural Anthropology noted, enough attention has been devoted to sovereignty over the
The study of bureaucracy has become a standard prerogative of English-language anthropology in recent years. Long gone are the days
What is ‘crime’? A social pathology? A violation of social order? The object or raison d’être of law enforcement? How
Hillbrow, Johannesburg: It’s April 2008. I am in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel, one of Johannesburg’s most happening nightclubs
‘States at Work’ aims to contribute to the academic debates on processes of state-building in Africa, and, among development practitioners,
Since the refugee crisis of 2015, vernacular humanitarianism—locally focused, volunteer-led efforts at humanitarian action—has been put forward as the answer
This summer, Allegra has been particularly inspired by the intricacies of global bureaucracies. Our readers may have already read the
This is part two of our virtual Meeting on Meeting. Read the Minute of our First MoM here. Date: 12