Safety and Risk (TNE) Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/alliances/the-new-ethnographer/safety-and-risk-tne/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:40:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Safety and Risk (TNE) Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/alliances/the-new-ethnographer/safety-and-risk-tne/ 32 32 The Murky World of ‘Extremism’ Research https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46482 Richard McNeil-Willson critiques sensationalised and unethical approaches to researching so-called “extremist” groups, responding to popular accounts that celebrate deception, infiltration, and personal risk.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/feed/ 0 Pregnant or fieldworker; should ‘all foreseeable risks’ be avoided in the field? https://allegralaboratory.net/pregnant-or-fieldworker-should-all-foreseeable-risks-be-avoided-in-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/pregnant-or-fieldworker-should-all-foreseeable-risks-be-avoided-in-the-field/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:07:35 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46361 Emanuelle Roth critically examines how institutional risk frameworks reshape ethnographic practice through her experience of being recalled from doctoral fieldwork in Guinea after disclosing a pregnancy.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/pregnant-or-fieldworker-should-all-foreseeable-risks-be-avoided-in-the-field/feed/ 0 Fear of/in the Ethnography https://allegralaboratory.net/fear-of-in-the-ethnography/ https://allegralaboratory.net/fear-of-in-the-ethnography/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:45 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46348 Tarek Younis reflects on the affective and ethical challenges of conducting ethnographic research on the UK’s Prevent counter-radicalisation duty within the NHS.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/fear-of-in-the-ethnography/feed/ 0 Elective Affinities: Fragility and Injustice in the Field https://allegralaboratory.net/elective-affinities-fragility-and-injustice-in-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/elective-affinities-fragility-and-injustice-in-the-field/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:12 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46458 Luisa Enria reflects on profoundly sensitive experiences of fragility, power and reflexivity in the context of her long term ethnographic fieldwork in Sierra Leone.

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