Ukraine Roundtable with Anthropoliteia (Part 1)
Last week Allegra shared some ‘jewels’ from our archives by revisiting the crises of Ukraine. This week we continue our […]
Note One-Shots
‘OCCUPY PR!’ Tale from Helsinki
Over the past weeks Allegra – or more specifically, our Helsinki office – has been involved in a very particular
Neoliberal Race to Innovativeness
This week we discuss – once again – the global university crisis. What can we say: don’t blame us for
Refugees Threads
Palestinian refugees and the current Syrian conflict: from settled refugees to stateless asylum seekers?
The Syrian conflict has caused the forced displacement of many refugees. In November 2014, UNRWA[1] estimated the total number of
D’exode en exode: Le conflit Syrien comme révélateur de la vulnérabilité des réfugiés palestiniens
Le conflit de Syrie a depuis 2011 sévèrement affecté les quelques 600’000 réfugiés palestiniens résidant alors dans ce pays, causant
‘Exception’, solidarity, and conferral politics: crossroads of the ‘Greek’ crisis
This short piece aims to touch on how our overview of the ‘Greek’ crisis can benefit from anthropological approaches, especially
To be or not to be #CHARLIE – IS that the question?
Over the past week ‘the world’ has been in shock over the murders of the Charlie Hebdo journalists – or has
Die Geburt der Ethnologie aus dem Geist der Tragödie
The following paper [in German] was presented during the symposium ‘The Future of German Anthropology’ on 7 November 2014 at the University of
Bourgeois Knowledge
Young man: Hey, what’s he talking about? Old man: The professor is discussing ideas of justice and humanity in the
Mumbai (1992-93) and Ahmedabad (2002), a tale of two cities: Narratives of violent and victimized women enduring urban riots in India
Brief extract from a forthcoming publication Over the past decades, the rapid rise of Hindu nationalism or Hindutva in