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Today’s post was originally published on June 3rd, 2014, as part of last summer’s fieldwork thread. Next week we’re sharing some of the fruits…
Read MoreToday’s post was originally published on June 3rd, 2014, as part of last summer’s fieldwork thread. Next week we’re sharing some of the fruits…
Read MoreToday we will reflect on what it means to ‘encounter, dwell in, read, critique and make use of theory’. The idea of an ‘encounter’…
Read MoreAllegra welcomes your contributions – we are thrilled to spread the word on new & exciting discussions in the world of anthropology and beyond!…
Read MoreWhich books did you, our dear readers, consider as really essential reading in anthropology? Here’s the list of books that you suggested – all 70…
Read MoreBack in in 2015 Allegra published “The 30 Essential Books in Anthropology” – a list curated via a small-scale survey among junior and senior…
Read MoreJohn Adair and Sol Worth, American anthropologists and filmmakers, found themselves in the sticky situation of answering the above question in 1966. They had…
Read MoreIn 2014 I started exploring people’s lives in Parisian suburbs (banlieue)[1] through engaged and creative visual practices. Being an independent photographer, I wanted to…
Read MoreIn Egypt, children are subject to a conservative and hierarchical public educational system. Underfunding, overcrowded classrooms and precarious infrastructure make the Egyptian school a…
Read MoreTime has shortened, space has shrunk, social relations have stretched and information keeps coming as intensive flows. This article explores the role audiovisual media…
Read More“Why are stand-up comedians better anthropologists than I am?” A few years ago, I started asking myself that question. As an anthropologist, I am…
Read MoreThe Kara of southern Ethiopia are a small population of horti-pastoralists among whom I have worked since 2003. Over the years, I collected in…
Read MoreAlmost exactly four years ago I arrived at Geneva airport – with my two sons then aged 1 and 4. We had set on…
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