Women without Class: Girls, Race and Identity
The tile of the book itself informs its readers that it is an interrogation of women as class ‘subjects.’ Although studies of class are…
Read MoreThe tile of the book itself informs its readers that it is an interrogation of women as class ‘subjects.’ Although studies of class are…
Read MoreThe Color of Modernity. São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil is an ambitious effort to rethink the formation of a…
Read MoreOver the next two days, Allegra will be busy reporting on the international workshop Rethinking political agency in the Middle East: Engaging political anthropology…
Read MoreHumanitarianism is a chimera, arguably an infection, but certainly an ethos and organising principle of our age that intersects with transformative moral-political modes of…
Read MoreThis week Allegra focuses on an exciting new feature incorporated into our beloved website a while back: namely Projects! What this feature entails are collaborations…
Read MoreCool kids. On a rainy afternoon towards the end of my fieldwork in Qilin, southwest China, I sat with one of my informants, Jiao…
Read MoreThe workshop “Critical approaches to irregular migration facilitation: dismantling the human smuggler narrative” is fast approaching! Unique in its genre, the workshop aims to…
Read MoreThe workshop “Critical approaches to irregular migration facilitation: dismantling the human smuggler narrative” is fast approaching! Unique in its genre, the workshop aims to…
Read MoreIn the second of three questions, human smuggling experts share their views on what actually constitutes the difference between human smuggling and trafficking. They…
Read MoreAre smugglers parasites profiting on human desperation, or do they provide a service to those on the move? Click on the question, and you’ll…
Read MoreIrregular immigration has produced political heat across the world. Dramatic photos of migrants crammed into wretched boats circulate in the media, while journalistic accounts…
Read MoreQuestion 1: The rhetoric surrounding smugglers is packed with graphic images of violence and exploitation. What does your research indicate? Are smugglers really parasites…
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