Becoming Bureaucrats
Zachary Oberfield’s work Becoming Bureaucrats (2014) provides the academic community with a glimpse into the making of police officers and welfare caseworkers in the…
Read MoreZachary Oberfield’s work Becoming Bureaucrats (2014) provides the academic community with a glimpse into the making of police officers and welfare caseworkers in the…
Read More‘Statelessness’ is a legal status denoting lack of any nationality, a status whereby the otherwise normal link between an individual and a state is…
Read MoreThe goal should be human rights, freedom, and dignity for all, and Black Muslims in the United States have been at the vanguard of…
Read MoreWhen the Jewish Agency in Tel-Aviv announced the institution of the Provisional Government of Israel on 14 May 1948, the war that followed resulted…
Read MoreDefinitions of ‘performance’ abound. Some of the principal reasons for anthropologists’ continued interest in the subject of performance are the reflexive, relational, and embodied…
Read MoreDuring the May 2015 announcement for Bolivia’s new cross-country Incahuasi–Cochabamba Gas Pipeline, a high official in Bolivia’s state-run gas company looked beyond the three-year,…
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 MoreMahmoud Dowlatabadi is an acclaimed and respected writer in Iran. A post stamp has recently been produced in his honor. One of his latest…
Read MoreWorried by the current crisis affecting the Eurozone and many other parts of the world, we also sometimes feel disempowered by our lack of…
Read MoreIt has been a while since I have last encountered her – I wonder if I will still recognize her. Sure, she could disguise…
Read MoreThe last two weeks here at Allegra have been dedicated to all things #Anthrostate. To continue the theme, we have handpicked some of our favourite…
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