Ethnography at an Impasse? Fieldwork Reflections During a Pandemic
As COVID-19 disrupts life for billions of people around the world, it also calls into question the very notion of […]
Towards a Covid-19 lexicon of conceptual off-shoots: locking sociality down in the Netherlands and Spain
This piece reconsiders the importance and impact of pandemic’s preventive discourses on existing language-scapes in society. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Virtual Edition à la Corona
Hello, readers. We hope that you and your loved ones are all staying safe (and sane?!) during these odd and
Slow. the. fuck. down.
Do you remember what an ordinary day in your life looked like last autumn? Back when Corona was just a
Virus and the City: Urban Experiences in Self-Isolation
The way we make sense of space has radically changed as a novel Coronavirus spread, with no clear end in
Allegro vivace… the Italian laboratory, for better or for worse
This little essay was conceived wandering in the Swiss countryside. I’m on sabbatical leave and my whole work and travel
Brave New Normal World
When politicians begin to speak of a post-corona “new normality”, what does that imply? And why should we be concerned?
Infrastructure of the Archive / Archiving Infrastructure
Infrastructure is, in common understanding, a very material thing. We think of it as something made of iron and concrete.
Architecture as/and Infrastructure
Over the past two decades, infrastructure has emerged as a central concept in a larger conversation about architecture, landscape, and
The Corona Diaries
Welcome to The Corona Diaries from Allegra, first recorded in April 2020 as part of the Corona thematic thread. The