ANTHROKINO: STATE OF ADDRESS
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Anthrokino: Open Unit
Come gather with us for another AnthroKino in which we’ll watch Open Unit by Paul Antick. The screening will be […] The post Anthrokino: Open Unit appeared first…
Collective Thinking, Collective Action
Our students and colleagues often raise the question of what ‘resistance’ should look like in the current moment (in case […] The post Collective Thinking, Collective Action appeared…
ALLEGRA KINO
Film Screening & Discussion with Director Nafis Fathollahzadeh Khabur 30′28 November, 13:30 CET Nafis Fathollahzadeh & Şermin Güven AllegraKino presents […] The post ALLEGRA KINO a…
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 Sally Engle Merry called vernacularization. Human rights progress…
Why ‘Framing Gaza’?
There has never been a better documented war than the one unfolding in Palestine at the moment. As Elshaik, Martinez and Shaer write in their contribution to Allegra’s…
AnthroKino: Spring Program
This spring, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a line up of movies that explore the effects of urban infrastructures…
Letter in support of EASA Executive Committee’s Statement on the situation in Gaza
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by the current, ongoing attacks on academic freedom we are experiencing across Europe. We write this letter in full support of the…
Statement on humanitarian action and the situation in Palestine
On the 31st of October 2023, professors and participants in the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action at the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies – humanitarian professionals most of…
Not even Israel can block the sun
The title of this statement is a direct quote from Gazan-based journalist Muhammad Smiry, who took footage of how people in Palestine recharge their phones and cameras on…
We Are All the South
A Call from Birzeit University Union of Professors and Employees to academic and cultural communities worldwide On the twenty-seventh day of the genocidal war being waged by the…
Birzeit University Union: Palestinian Resistance is a Way of Being
2023 will be recorded historically as the year that Palestinians stood boldly in the face of colonial fascism and screamed in defense of their homes, humanity, and lives.…
No peace without decolonization
In the central Gaza Strip, the colonial state of Israel bombed the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital and a UN-run school on Tuesday, October 17, killing over 500 civilians.…
AnthroKino
In November and December, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a wonderful line up of movies that explore humanitarianism (The…
Venn diagram showing the overlap between supporters of BDSS & BDS
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LAWNET workshop 2023: From Critique to Political Practice
You are warmly invited to the EASA LAWNET workshop in collaboration with Allegra Lab: From Critique to Political Practice The workshop will take place on 12 May 2023…
Save the Open Learning Initiative for Refugee University Education in Europe
Allegra Lab expresses its concerns over Central European University’s (CEU) unexpected decision to close the Open Learning Initiative (OLIve), a university refugee education project established in Bud…
Call for papers: EASA LAWNET workshop
From Critique to Political Practice 12 May 2023, University of Sussex Dear colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to submit a paper abstract for the workshop ‘From…
Yes, Scholar-Publishers Can Make Common Cause After All
Last spring, I began work with the open access advocacy group, Libraria, as a Community Convener to help organize a mutual aid network amongst a group of open…
We go get lost
It’s been a busy half year at Allegra Lab, and we are now taking some time off for the summer. We had some great thematic threads already in…
Can scholar-led publishers find common cause?
Image by Nick Youngson, courtesy of Picpedia.org. A couple of months ago, I was trawling Twitter looking for inspiration when I came across a notice that Libraria –…
A (Personal) Tale of Two Socialisms
Note from Allegra editors: We publish this video and transcript of EASA President Mariya Ivancheva’s talk from the annual conference Why the World Needs Anthropologists of the Applied…
Race, Security, and the Contradictions of Humanitarianism
In this webinar series, we explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism in the course of four episodes. We – this is Till Mostowlansky, an anthropologist at The…
Dear Allies, meet Jas.
As a rule, here at Allegra, we as editors emphasise our collectiveness. Rightly so: There is very soft division of labour, there is no hierarchy, and we strive…