Video: Ordering – Part I of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Madeleine Reeves (Manchester / Konstanz), Tim Epkenhans (Freiburg) and Timothy Nunan (Berlin) are discussing the following three books: Judith Beyer. 2016. The…
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After the Eulogy? The Future of Central Asian Studies in the Accelerated Academy
In an address to students at Indiana University in 2015, anthropologist and journalist Sarah Kendzior described Central Asian Studies as a ‘dying field’ and billed her address as…
Anticipating Law: The Prognostics of Fear and Hope #LawNet2017
This week Allies will once again be in action – this time at the 2017 EASA LawNet Workshop in Bern on September 19-21! The workshop engages with numerous topical themes…
#EVENTS: Semiotics, Activism, Creativity and more…
The coming academic year is beginning to take shape and it looks very promising. Discussing gender in Europe, devising creative and innovative approaches in education, or exploring the…
Paper: Internet for remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario
Budka, P. (2017). Internet for remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario. Paper at “3rd CoRe Workshop – Mobility and Remoteness: What is the Connection?“, Vienna, Austr…
#EVENTS for the summer!
Summer is coming… And with it, a brand new list of fabulous events! A workshop in Switzerland? A summer school in Romania? How about making a film? This…
When Anthropologists Act as Artifacts: A conversation between an Ancient Hairpin (Alec Balasescu) and a Gold Horse (Olga Sezneva) #MMTW
This post is the third installment of our thread on the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop (MMTW), a project that explores migration and mobility by developing artwork, exhibitions, performances…
Vortrag: Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Budka, P. 2017. Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie: (Digitale) Medienpraktiken aus kulturvergleichender Perspektive. Vortrag im Workshop “Dark Side of Literacy”…
The Moving Matters Traveling Workshop: An Interview with Susan Ossman
Anthropologist and writer Helen Faller interviews Susan Ossman, Artistic Director of the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop and professor of Anthropology a University of California, Riverside. Helen: …
Waiting for… #EVENTS
What do you know: its YET AGAIN time for events! This month our eye was caught by a delightful spread of events addressing transition, cities, waiting, forms of representations…
CfP: Anthropologies of media and mobility
Anthropologies of Media and Mobility: Theorizing movement and circulations across entangled fields An International Workshop organized by the Anthropology and Mobility Network and the Media Anthropolo…
#EVENTS: the past, the present and the future
It’s time for some exciting events!! Let’s go on a little bit of a time travel as we attempt to anticipate the future and reflect upon the past,…
It’s time for #EVENTS: democracy, art and more
With the Fall semester drawing to a close and the end-of-year holidays fast approaching, what better time for one last list of events! 2017 will undoubtedly be filled…
Slam that #ethnography! – Imagine further
After a week of performed ethnographic poetry, Robert Desjarlais and Eileen Moyer wrap things up in their concluding remarks. If you haven’t read the posts yet, go back…
Slam that #ethnography! – Breaking boundaries
Welcome to part two of this week’s ethnography slam, this time with contributions by Josien de Klerk, Annelieke Driessen, Susanne van den Buuse, and Sarita Fae Jarmack. Missed…
Report: Media Anthropology Network activities at the 14th EASA Biennial Conference
Report on EASA Media Anthropology Network activities at the 14th EASA Biennial Conference, Milan, 20-23 July 2016 by Philipp Budka 1) EASA Media Anthropology Network Meeting (21 July…
#EVENTS from misconception to transformation
Let’s conclude this Allegra week with another one of our monthly events’ post! No thematic focus this time but a few opportunities to further explore the topics of…
Veterinary Anthropology Workshop – Edinburgh 18th-19th April
http://www.san.ed.ac.uk/edcma/events/workshops_and_conferences/2015_2016/veterinary_anthropology_workshop
EVENTS! #HumanRights
To conclude our thematic week, it’s time for yet another events’ post! This time the theme is, of course, human rights. Given what we have discussed also earlier,…
Four cheers for Finland! #EVENTS in the North (but not only there)
To conclude this Allegra week, it is time for yet another events’ post! These are always a thrill to us: they allow us to get in touch with…
CfP: “Media anthropology’s legacies and concerns”
The EASA Media Anthropology Network is organizing a panel entitled “Media anthropology’s legacies and concerns” at the 14th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) conf…
Rethinking political agency in the Middle East #project
This Allegra focuses on an exciting new feature incorporated into our beloved website a while back: namely Projects! What this feature entails are collaborations – events, even research ventures…
#Events: the Wacky, the Bizarre… and the Hairy!
>INSERT BLURB – BLA-BLA-BLAHBLA-BLAH< Fine, this was no editorial omission although the thought is fun, right! Rather it was a carefully deliberated opening intended to capture the cull…