The 21st-century flaneur as a suspect?
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Smith commits a crime is a tale of an everyday man trying to find his way – not in life, but – in space....
The 21st-century flaneur as a suspect?
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Smith commits a crime is a tale of an everyday man trying to find his way – not in life, but – in space....
Mobile Humanitarians: an afterword
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This webinar series set out to explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism, and our speakers opened up several new areas for thought and...
Race, Security, and the Contradictions of Humanitarianism
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In this webinar series, we explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism in the course of four episodes. We – this is Till Mostowlansky,...
Mobile Humanitarians: Mobilities after Displacement
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In this webinar series, we explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism in the course of four episodes. We – this is Till Mostowlansky,...
A (Personal) Tale of Two Socialisms
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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...
Dear Allies, meet Jas.
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As a rule, here at Allegra, we as editors emphasise our collectiveness. Rightly so: There is very soft division of labour, there is no...
Book Review: The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death
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Durand, P. (2020). The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death. University of Chicago Press. All bolded terms are defined at the bottom of this...
“We don’t have to whisper”: Fieldnotes from Odesa
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I met Engineer Yakiv[1] on board a merchant ship I had joined just south of Sri Lanka in early 2013. I was there to...
Multispecies Anarchism in the Postnuclear World
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Connect the dots between “state”, “imperialism”, and “war”. Add “leaders”, “testosterone” and “nukes”. Look at the picture and tell me anarchism was a bad...
Building Aidland: Aid Workers and the Creation of a Global Aid Industry in the 1970s
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This webinar series explores the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism. Anthropologists and historians have defined humanitarianism as concern and action assisting a distant Other....
‘Call to Arms: Silver and Lead’ Campaign Review
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‘Call to Arms: Silver and Lead’ campaign review Posted December 10, 2034 by Julie Annie (staff writer at Génial Gaming) Answering the Call...
Scholarly Podcasting Book: Invitation to a Public Mass Peer Review
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I (Ian, member of the Allegra Lab editorial collective) ‘wrote’ a book called ‘Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How?’. It’ll come out in autumn. I...
2084
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PART I Two Years Ago It was a hot day in July, and clocks were striking eight. It had been fifteen years since the...
Morumbi and Paraisópolis : A Four-Act Play
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Dramatis Personae Heitor: a 13-year-old boy Mr. Gomes, his father: a waste handler, working at a garbage dump Ms. Gomes, his mother: a dry...
Academic Fictions : 2022
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Last year, the Allegra Lab began a thematic thread showcasing a selection of the wonderful “academic fictions” written by students as an assignment for...
Academic Fictions: A ballad of Kochi
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Come oh villagers, come to the port Carry your sickles and scythes, sticks and rocks Come to the port, our city has fallen!! Our...
Call for Reviews: Life at the edges in a changing world
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic started more than two years ago, time has been put on hold and precarity has become an even more common...
On the use and abuse of networks in academia
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Like most anthropologists, we have been watching events unfold at Harvard University’s anthropology department over the past weeks: accusations of abuse; letters in support...
Who gets to be ‘Myanmar’ at the ICJ?
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The Myanmar military will appear at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on 21 February 2022. Their main interest does not...
Who cares? Peer-review at Allegra
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At Allegra, we believe and know from our own experience that the fresh eyes of our peers can help us improve drafts, weed out...
Heritage Out of Control: Musealising (Hi)stories of Migration
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Since the early 2000s, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the recruitment agreement between Austria and Turkey in 1964, there have been increasing initiatives in...
Heritage out of Control: Buddhist Material Excess in Depopulating Japan
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Inherited Buddhist objects and their associated ritual care connect the dead with the living. Buddhist things are not only material. They contain spiritual and...
Heritage out of Control: Jinns Matter
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Contested mystical heritage in Pemba, Zanzibar On the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, jinns play a key role in shaping human...
Heritage out of control: Is Libation a Prayer?
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Religion as Heritage in Ghana In 2009, Ghana celebrated its 52nd birthday as an independent country with the usual pomp and circumstance. The parade...