Essay Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/one-shots/essay/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Fri, 22 May 2026 14:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Essay Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/one-shots/essay/ 32 32 Health justice two ways: examples from the field https://allegralaboratory.net/health-justice-two-ways-examples-from-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/health-justice-two-ways-examples-from-the-field/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 15:43:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47856 Through storytelling for health, the authors provide examples of different practices designed for justice and connection, community acupuncture and ethnographically informed research.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/health-justice-two-ways-examples-from-the-field/feed/ 0 What Migration Studies Can Learn from Architecture https://allegralaboratory.net/what-migration-studies-can-learn-from-architecture/ https://allegralaboratory.net/what-migration-studies-can-learn-from-architecture/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47779 Migration studies can learn from architecture by attending not only to movement, borders, and routes, but also to the built environments where displacement becomes materially durable.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/what-migration-studies-can-learn-from-architecture/feed/ 0 Care, Commons and Thinking Together: An Allegra Approach to Book Reviews https://allegralaboratory.net/care-commons-and-thinking-together-an-allegra-approach-to-book-reviews/ https://allegralaboratory.net/care-commons-and-thinking-together-an-allegra-approach-to-book-reviews/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:11:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47701 Of the many experiences shared by early career academics, feeling perpetually behind undoubtedly counts among them. Casual conversations with colleagues […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/care-commons-and-thinking-together-an-allegra-approach-to-book-reviews/feed/ 0 Everywhere is a Border, Everywhere a Wall https://allegralaboratory.net/everywhere-is-a-border-everywhere-a-wall/ https://allegralaboratory.net/everywhere-is-a-border-everywhere-a-wall/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:59:17 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47485 On Stratified Topologies of Urban Passing 1 April 2024, London. Written while shifting from one transient stay to another, sixteen […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/everywhere-is-a-border-everywhere-a-wall/feed/ 0 “There is Nothing to See”: Silence and the Atmosphere of War https://allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothing-to-see-silence-and-the-atmosphere-of-war/ https://allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothing-to-see-silence-and-the-atmosphere-of-war/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:15:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47443 This essay examines the social life of silence in the Lake Chad Basin after years of insurgent violence.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothing-to-see-silence-and-the-atmosphere-of-war/feed/ 0 Permaculture Pedagogies and the Art of Living Together: Timor-Leste’s Aspirational School Curriculum https://allegralaboratory.net/permaculture-pedagogies-and-the-art-of-living-together-timor-lestes-aspirational-school-curriculum/ https://allegralaboratory.net/permaculture-pedagogies-and-the-art-of-living-together-timor-lestes-aspirational-school-curriculum/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:33:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47221 In Timor-Leste, children now learn to grow vegetables, conserve water, and design permaculture gardens as part of the national school curriculum.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/permaculture-pedagogies-and-the-art-of-living-together-timor-lestes-aspirational-school-curriculum/feed/ 0 Shush! How silence is destroying European universities from within https://allegralaboratory.net/shush-how-silence-is-destroying-european-universities-from-within/ https://allegralaboratory.net/shush-how-silence-is-destroying-european-universities-from-within/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:59:13 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46197 The camera shows a deserted, dilapidated room somewhere in war-torn Ukraine. On an intercepted phone call a Russian soldier argues […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/shush-how-silence-is-destroying-european-universities-from-within/feed/ 0 Alternatives to Extractivism. A manifesto of propositions and unresolved questions https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:07:42 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45766 In memory of Sabine Luning(30 August 1959 – 6 March 2025) whose support and input has shaped our thinking in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/feed/ 0 Weight https://allegralaboratory.net/weight/ https://allegralaboratory.net/weight/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:46:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45668 Terri gave me this large stone when we met up in 2022 at the Conference on Iroquois Research (Figure 1).1 That year […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/weight/feed/ 0 Holding Space: On Risk, Rupture, and Rebuilding Academia Otherwise  https://allegralaboratory.net/holding-space-on-risk-rupture-and-rebuilding-academia-otherwise/ https://allegralaboratory.net/holding-space-on-risk-rupture-and-rebuilding-academia-otherwise/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45700 I want to begin not with theory, but with a moment.  It is early June 2016, and I am in […]

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