Miia Halme-Tuomisaari, Author at Allegra Lab Anthropology for Radical Optimism Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:27:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Miia Halme-Tuomisaari, Author at Allegra Lab 32 32 Because we’re HAPPY? https://allegralaboratory.net/because-were-happy/ https://allegralaboratory.net/because-were-happy/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2018 06:00:35 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=3489 Today we have, once again, witnessed the arrival of the World Happiness Reports – reports that claim nothing less than […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/because-were-happy/feed/ 1 Yes we can – and this is how! Fieldwork with kids https://allegralaboratory.net/yes-we-can-and-this-is-how-fieldwork/ https://allegralaboratory.net/yes-we-can-and-this-is-how-fieldwork/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:00:45 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=23602 Almost exactly four years ago I arrived at Geneva airport – with my two sons then aged 1 and 4. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/yes-we-can-and-this-is-how-fieldwork/feed/ 2 Allied Encounters on a Mountain Top https://allegralaboratory.net/allied-encounters-on-a-mountain-top-retreat/ https://allegralaboratory.net/allied-encounters-on-a-mountain-top-retreat/#respond Mon, 20 Mar 2017 07:00:16 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=23637 Two weeks ago a group of Allies got together in the French Alps in order to enjoy walks in the beautiful […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/allied-encounters-on-a-mountain-top-retreat/feed/ 0 ‘Pretend to be straight!’ What’s wrong with the world? https://allegralaboratory.net/pretend-to-be-straight-whats-wrong-with-the-world-weekendessay/ https://allegralaboratory.net/pretend-to-be-straight-whats-wrong-with-the-world-weekendessay/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:00:57 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=23613 By Miia Halme-Tuomisaari with a comment by Antu Sorainen On February 26 the Guardian reported of new UK Home Office […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/pretend-to-be-straight-whats-wrong-with-the-world-weekendessay/feed/ 1 Top of 2016 – or thereabouts! https://allegralaboratory.net/top-of-2016-or-thereabouts-themeweek2016/ https://allegralaboratory.net/top-of-2016-or-thereabouts-themeweek2016/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:00:05 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=23524 Who can believe that it’s almost Spring – where did the time fly?! At Allegra we just realized that we […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/top-of-2016-or-thereabouts-themeweek2016/feed/ 0 Where are the ladies, Didier Fassin? #EASA2016 Keynote https://allegralaboratory.net/where-are-the-ladies-didier-fassin-easa2016-keynote/ https://allegralaboratory.net/where-are-the-ladies-didier-fassin-easa2016-keynote/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:52:55 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=20631 It’s hot and humid, and yet circa 1000 anthropologists are determined to enter the main conference room of U6 of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/where-are-the-ladies-didier-fassin-easa2016-keynote/feed/ 10 University Destruction INC! RIP University of Helsinki https://allegralaboratory.net/university-destruction-inc-rip-university-of-helsinki/ https://allegralaboratory.net/university-destruction-inc-rip-university-of-helsinki/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:32:47 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19487 Today is a black day in the ongoing the destruction of Finnish universities, particularly the University of Helsinki! Under the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/university-destruction-inc-rip-university-of-helsinki/feed/ 0 Anthropology & Human Rights – Version 2016 https://allegralaboratory.net/anthropology-human-rights-version-2016/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anthropology-human-rights-version-2016/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:00:49 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=18477 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2C4D-nTUS8 The relationship of anthropology and human rights has by now been aptly illustrated: over the past decades we have […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anthropology-human-rights-version-2016/feed/ 0 Magic little gecko, won’t you become a doctor? https://allegralaboratory.net/magic-little-gecko-wont-you-become-a-doctor/ https://allegralaboratory.net/magic-little-gecko-wont-you-become-a-doctor/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:11:08 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=18377 Yesterday I took my two children, aged 4 and 7, to the doctor. Both had been ill for the past […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/magic-little-gecko-wont-you-become-a-doctor/feed/ 2 Loldiers of Odin: Do you work internationally? https://allegralaboratory.net/loldiersofodin-do-you-work-internationally/ https://allegralaboratory.net/loldiersofodin-do-you-work-internationally/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2016 07:00:20 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=17665 Loldiers of Odin, I have been deeply impressed by your upstanding actions and determination to keep our streets safe – […]

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