Health justice two ways: examples from the field
Through storytelling for health, the authors provide examples of different practices designed for justice and connection, community acupuncture and ethnographically informed research.
Anti-hero*ines of international social, political and legal practice: An Introduction
This thematic thread considers the figure of the anti-hero/anti-heroine and the lens of anti-heroism, and proposes a heuristic reformulation, the anti-hero*ine, to grasp more acutely the complexities and ambiguities in the interplay of power, agency and morality in relation to contemporary struggles for justice, rights, and social change.
Alternatives to Extractivism. A manifesto of propositions and unresolved questions
In memory of Sabine Luning(30 August 1959 – 6 March 2025) whose support and input has shaped our thinking in
Recalibrating Political Islam? The Syrian Revolution in Global Narratives
In the shifting political landscape of post-Asad Syria, global narratives surrounding political Islam are undergoing a recalibration, blurring engagement with
Recalibrating Hope and Revolutionary Temporality in the Wake of Al-Assad’s Downfall
To be honest, I can’t describe my feelings now; it is a historical moment. Syrians finally feel they can breathe,
Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement
Joyful crowds toppling statues, unsealing torture prisons, defacing regime iconography, ordinary people roaming freely through Al-Asad’s Presidential Palace . .
A Crisis of Fiduciary Regulation: From ‘Access’ to Foundering Formalisation in South African Property Inheritance
Administration has a difficult history in South Africa: apartheid was centrally an administrative project, through segregation and exclusion. Areas of
Deregulated Grids, Natural Gas and the Texas Freeze – A Cautionary Tale
A little after 1 am on Feb. 15, 2021 during a frigid storm, the Texas electric grid came close to
The Complexity of Human Rights: A Discussion of Sally Engle Merry’s Work
Human rights are avowedly universal but must be translated by local activists to make sense in specific contexts, a process
AnthroKino: Spring Program
This spring, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a line up of