“We cannot give up hope” – A conversation with Gish Amit on his book #Palestine
Gish Amit is a historian who has been involved in non formal education for twenty years. He taught cinema and […]
The Road to Oslo and Its Reverse
“If we fail to defend our cause, then we should change the defenders, not the cause.” (Ghassan Kanafani) Oslo has
Crisis on the opposite shore – Notes from the field on crisis, revolution, and the possible
This piece is a from-the-field reflection on the ways in which grand events and processes such as global financial crises
Aftertaste: memories of postsocialism
Allegra’s thematic thread on #postsocialism is coming to its end. We hope that the eight delicious specialties Allegra served you
Searching for (post-)Soviet taste
This project was inspired by a curiosity in whether people from the former Soviet states, more than two decades after
Facades and Facelesness
“We will continuously say how rooted we are in this county like a plane tree embracing the soil with its
Hurray – It’s a Brand New Allie!
As some of our readers likely guessed, recently something quite marvelous happened within Allegra – something so special as to
Chronicle of a Satisfaction Foretold
When I was 18 I went to study economics. But I didn’t last long, mainly because I didn’t find what
We Are Not Containers! On Experimental Objects, Past Struggles and Alternatives for Education
“Obviously, a school that makes active children sit at desks studying mostly useless subjects is a bad school. It is
Leipzig 100 Years: Commentary on the “future of anthropology”
My commentary takes up the following questions: What are the theoretical, methodological and pragmatic challenges for an anthropology of the