Roundtable: Answers by Giulia Scalettaris
Are these developments, usually condemned as corrupting us as scholars and leading to the death of pure research, introducing some […]
Precarious publishing in Latin America
If you find yourself in a big Latin American city like Buenos Aires, Mexico City, or São Paulo, chances are
Conversation Reviews
Reviewing the Review Process
As Allegra’s reviews editor, I am not only dealing with awesome new publications every week, but also get to think
Ethnographies of Academia
There is a mythology of nourishment deposited in the language of the intellect.[1] Thoughts are digested. Ideas are chewed upon.
Neoliberalism as Liberation in Russian Data Science
It should not be too controversial to say that the Russian university system is somewhat dilapidated. Certainly, this was the
Antiheroism: the underdog’s survival tactic
“Where do you put your anger?” a precarious academic asked me poignantly the other day as we talked about the
Unravelling Academic Precarity
In conversation, scholars cannot help but constantly raise the subject of their increasingly precarious working conditions and the anxieties that
Towards a Transnational Anthropology Union #UniversityCrisis
At the last European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA) meeting, a few of us called an open meeting for early
Interrogating Evidence: Epistemological Challenges in the Contemporary World
What social practices are used to constitute evidence? What counts as evidence and why? How are different types of evidence
Introducing Europe at a Crossroads: An Investigation of European Politics of Austerity and Inhospitality
The idea of the European Union as a partnership for peace, an experiment in post-national democracy, and an abode for