Looking for #Events? Follow us this way!
You know us well! We, at Allegra, are always on the look out for exciting anthropological events from around the world. Which is why we have cooked you…
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New Allegra week: #Boredom, Laughter – and a few farts!
And what do you know – it is AGAIN time for a new Allegra week! Where does the time go, despite of our determination to chew our intellectual…
Because we’re #HAPPY? REDUX
Today we have, once again, witnessed the arrival of the World Happiness Reports – reports that claim nothing less than to offer a neatly quantified, ‘objective’ measurement of just…
Magic little gecko, won’t you become a doctor?
Yesterday I took my two children, aged 4 and 7, to the doctor. Both had been ill for the past week; the older one was suffering from a…
The Deportation Conundrum – REDUX #BORDERS
Today we re-visit a post on the deportation conundrum by Barak Kalir. The post was first published in the spring of 2014 as a part of our thread…
Gentrification, diversification & events – let’s take it SLOW!
Ever so often we find it indispensable to remind ourselves & everyone else that one of Allegra’s guiding mottos is ‘slow food for thought‘. Indeed, one of the…
Up the Anthropologist – Anthropology Day, Jukebox, Migration & Breakfast
Hello everyone – it’s yet another glorious Allegra week! Fine, admittedly the weather in some parts of the world (aka where this post is being written) does not…
REDUX: From Crisis to the University of Utopia aka MURI!
We conclude this dark thematic week on University Crisis with our insistence to be also ‘tongue in cheek’. We remind both ourselves and others: when policy making is…
Top 10 (or thereabout) of 2015
As we embark on yet another Allegra year, let’s take a look back: what were your favorite posts for 2015? Reading this list of our ‘Top 10 or…
Happy 2016 Everyone!
We’re back – and full of energy for YET another exciting Allegra year! We hope that your break was enjoyable and relaxing (and do not tell us that…
Thematic week: History of #HumanRights
This Allegra week will be devoted to a theme that we have not previously addressed, namely the history of human rights. Furthermore, this thematic week will be arranged…
AAA, BDS and #Palestine: New Thematic Week
When the Jewish Agency in Tel-Aviv announced the institution of the Provisional Government of Israel on 14 May 1948, the war that followed resulted in the destruction and…
Allegra WANTS you!
Allegra Lab is looking for Editorial Assistants to strengthen the capacity of its enthusiastic team of volunteers and spread the Open Access gospel! The tasks involve: – The…
Allegra Turns 2! #Best Of
Our baby just turned two…and in this short pace of time, it managed to attract a constantly growing readership. Ok, let’s be frank: we suck with stats and…
References Needed! #Crowdsourcing
Mark Goodale is currently writing Anthropology and Law: A Critical Introduction for NYU Press. The manuscript is due at the end of December 2015. One of the ideas…
All good things come to an end – or do they? #Fieldnotes
What do you know: the summer is already gone! It feels like it was only a moment ago when we solicited contributions to our fieldwork thread, and now…
physical and metaphorical journeys through #fieldnotes
This week, we’re sharing some of our recently-acquired fieldnotes with you, dear reader, in addition to two installments from our reviews section. Journeys can be single or multi-fold,…