The Spider
The thought crept into my mind today and refused to let go of my brain. It said ‘What if we have no f*ing clue?’…
Read MoreThe thought crept into my mind today and refused to let go of my brain. It said ‘What if we have no f*ing clue?’…
Read MoreThis piece is a from-the-field reflection on the ways in which grand events and processes such as global financial crises and revolutionary upheavals come…
Read MoreI conduct fieldwork among young Hindus in Amsterdam, the city where I have lived for nearly six years. Amsterdam lends itself to compartmentalisation as…
Read MoreThis week we continue our thread on fieldnotes via four posts that all in their own way elaborate this thread’s overarching theme: journey. As…
Read MoreAlbertin Sarrazin once wrote, “whether you’re on the lam or whether you’re out hustling, gold is worth nothing compared to silence” (p.149). Those marginalised…
Read MoreToday we are very excited at Allegra – we continue our experimentation with serving you, dear readers, exotic and delicious slow food for thought….
Read MoreIn contemporary political anthropology, ‘the state’ is a curious as if object (Navaro-Yashin 2002). It has come to dominate the sub-discipline since the 1990s….
Read MoreThis piece explores the activities of Afghan merchants in the former Soviet Union especially Tajikistan in Central Asia and Russia and Ukraine. It brings…
Read MoreEvery once in a while we have to remind ourselves of the motto that governs Allegra’s operations: our Academic Slow Food Manifesto. What can we…
Read MoreToday we re-post our conversation with Judith Beyer from a joint virtual roundtable with Anthropoliteia. In her commentary, Judith answers the question: “What has…
Read MoreYesterday we opened the AVMoFA’s first summer exhibition – Die SommerWende – and today we are very pleased to meet the artist, Axel Schön,…
Read More“…Here being my Italy – Where memories spring like geysers, Crying at me where I place my feet; Italy which receives me with benignity…
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