On the use and abuse of networks in academia
Like most anthropologists, we have been watching events unfold at Harvard University’s anthropology department over the past weeks: accusations of […]
The only lesson is that there aren’t enough jobs
Every so often something happens that perfectly encapsulates the consumptive death rattle that is the job market in higher education.
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (IV)
Part Four: “When will this Covid be over?” During the first month of T.’s search for work in Dubai, Covid-19
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (III)
Part Three: A Travel Agent selling Freedom For the second half of my stay, I lived in a shared accommodation
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of COVID-19 (II)
Part Two: New Opportunities, New Stress In the Gulf region, Dubai has been a forerunner in the transformation towards a
Jobseekers in Dubai in the time of Covid-19 (I)
Arrivals to uncertainty In mid-December 2020, my friend T. returned to Dubai from Egypt in the hope of getting his
Conversation
A Possible Anthropology with Anand Pandian
Anand Pandian speaks to Allegra editor Ian M. Cook about his latest book A Possible Anthropology: Methods for Uneasy Times
Towards anthropological self-de-confinement
While we now seem to be approaching post-confinement, and after the closure of campuses and improvised conversion to online teaching,
When the Silk Road Vanished
“I still need to cross Attabad before I reach home” – so our Shimshali travel companion commented matter-of-factly. We had
Introduction to stateless/displaced/disappeared
This thematic thread evolved out of a workshop on Claiming justice after conflict. The stateless, the displaced and the