Geoffrey Hughes, Author at Allegra Lab Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:23:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Geoffrey Hughes, Author at Allegra Lab 32 32 Living Water and the politics and anti-politics of water in Jordan (Part 1) https://allegralaboratory.net/living-water-and-the-politics-and-anti-politics-of-water-in-jordan-part-1/ https://allegralaboratory.net/living-water-and-the-politics-and-anti-politics-of-water-in-jordan-part-1/#respond Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:38:47 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=36850   We are often told that Jordan is one of the most water-poor countries on the planet and it is […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/living-water-and-the-politics-and-anti-politics-of-water-in-jordan-part-1/feed/ 0 #Report: Envy and Greed: A Political Economy of Accusation and Critique https://allegralaboratory.net/report-envy-and-greed-a-political-economy-of-accusation-and-critique/ https://allegralaboratory.net/report-envy-and-greed-a-political-economy-of-accusation-and-critique/#respond Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:00:04 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=27996 On the fourth and fifth of June, the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/report-envy-and-greed-a-political-economy-of-accusation-and-critique/feed/ 0 The Emergence of “Divorce Before Consummation” as a Legal Category in Jordanian Sharia Courts fictions https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emergence-of-divorce-before-consummation-as-a-legal-category-in-jordanian-sharia-courts-fictions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emergence-of-divorce-before-consummation-as-a-legal-category-in-jordanian-sharia-courts-fictions/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 07:00:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19443 Today’s inquiry into the nature of legal fictions takes us to Jordan’s government-run Sharia courts, where the concept of “divorce […]

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