Poignant Pasts and Uncertain Futures in the Greek Crisis: Ethnographic Snippets from ATM Queues
July 2nd 2015, it is 4.30pm and the temperature is touching 40’c. I am standing in a queue of some twenty-five people outside Ethniki…
Read MoreJuly 2nd 2015, it is 4.30pm and the temperature is touching 40’c. I am standing in a queue of some twenty-five people outside Ethniki…
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 MoreWorried by the current crisis affecting the Eurozone and many other parts of the world, we also sometimes feel disempowered by our lack of…
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 MoreIt is the early(ish) stages of my fieldwork among Hindus from Suriname living in the Netherlands. I am reluctantly attending a question and answer…
Read MoreSince 2007, the Palestinian government in the West Bank has been working to build a state while under occupation. Already almost entirely dependent on…
Read MoreThis week at ALLEGRA’s TV we share an intriguing documentary on the current Greek crisis. Future Suspended by Ross Domoney poses numerous compelling, yet…
Read MoreWhen I was 18 I went to study economics. But I didn’t last long, mainly because I didn’t find what we were doing there…
Read MoreAn ethnography of class identity and consciousness, its origins and its component dynamics, is a tall order. After all, it is not a straightforward…
Read MoreWhen a colleague saw this book in my hand, she exclaimed, ‘Wow, it’s like a Bible!’ – referring, of course, to the book’s size….
Read MoreCaroline Knowles’ Flip Flop presents a novel option for a long-demanded alternative approach to globalisation research. In the tradition of Appadurai’s (1992) Social Life…
Read MoreThis is the second part in our Special Review section of Edward Fischer‘s book The Good Life: Aspiration, Dignity, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing….
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