Thematic thread Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/one-shots/thematic-thread/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:25:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Thematic thread Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/one-shots/thematic-thread/ 32 32 The folly of little kings https://allegralaboratory.net/the-folly-of-little-kings/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-folly-of-little-kings/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:00:10 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41480 On Monday, May 25th, 2020, Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canél, involuntarily found himself in the spotlight. Diaz-Canél had become the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-folly-of-little-kings/feed/ 0 Revisiting ‘States at Work. Dynamics of African Bureaucracies’ https://allegralaboratory.net/revisiting-states-at-work-dynamics-of-african-bureaucracies/ https://allegralaboratory.net/revisiting-states-at-work-dynamics-of-african-bureaucracies/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:00:27 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=27043 ‘States at Work’ aims to contribute to the academic debates on processes of state-building in Africa, and, among development practitioners, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/revisiting-states-at-work-dynamics-of-african-bureaucracies/feed/ 1 The state of the state in Africa https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-of-the-state-in-africa/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-of-the-state-in-africa/#respond Mon, 15 Jan 2018 08:00:18 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=27037 How political authority and legitimacy are sustained in societies marked by socio-economic inequality and political exclusion has been a long-standing […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-of-the-state-in-africa/feed/ 0 Celebrating Allies – part 4: “Looking text straight in the face” https://allegralaboratory.net/celebrating-allies-part-4-looking-text-straight-in-the-face/ https://allegralaboratory.net/celebrating-allies-part-4-looking-text-straight-in-the-face/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2016 06:00:35 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19220 To conclude this week we wish to highlight the hard work of one more Allie – namely Marie-Louise Karttunen. She […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/celebrating-allies-part-4-looking-text-straight-in-the-face/feed/ 0 Celebrating Allies – ALL WEEK! Glimpses from behind the scenes! https://allegralaboratory.net/celebrating-allies-all-week-glimpses-from-behind-the-scenes/ https://allegralaboratory.net/celebrating-allies-all-week-glimpses-from-behind-the-scenes/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:58:31 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19222 Over the past few weeks, Allegra has been deeply engaged with a theme that is both topical and urgent: human […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/celebrating-allies-all-week-glimpses-from-behind-the-scenes/feed/ 0 Universit(ar)y journeys: an ethnographic play https://allegralaboratory.net/universitary-journeys-an-ethnographic-play/ https://allegralaboratory.net/universitary-journeys-an-ethnographic-play/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:00:49 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=15361 Prologue When the fireworks in the Senate Square in Helsinki announced the beginning of 2015, they also marked the start […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/universitary-journeys-an-ethnographic-play/feed/ 0 Contextualizing Exclusion: Lessons from Kambis https://allegralaboratory.net/contextualizing-exclusion-lessons-from-kambis/ https://allegralaboratory.net/contextualizing-exclusion-lessons-from-kambis/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2015 06:00:43 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=15359 In my first blog installment I described one of my bus rides in Tehran in order to show that education, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/contextualizing-exclusion-lessons-from-kambis/feed/ 0 From the Centre of Europe to the End of the World: Intimate reflections on activism, healing and belonging in the field https://allegralaboratory.net/from-the-centre-of-europe-to-the-end-of-the-world-intimate-reflections-on-activism-healing-and-belonging-in-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/from-the-centre-of-europe-to-the-end-of-the-world-intimate-reflections-on-activism-healing-and-belonging-in-the-field/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:00:42 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=15357 I was not feeling any particular excitement or thrilling feverishness. Preparing for the unknown journey into fieldwork in Santiago de Chile […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/from-the-centre-of-europe-to-the-end-of-the-world-intimate-reflections-on-activism-healing-and-belonging-in-the-field/feed/ 0 That buried secret of ours! non-fiction and fiction on memories of violence, death politics and the economy of silence in post-revolution Iran https://allegralaboratory.net/that-buried-secret-of-ours-non-fiction-and-fiction-on-memories-of-violence-death-politics-and-the-economy-of-silence-in-post-revolution-iran/ https://allegralaboratory.net/that-buried-secret-of-ours-non-fiction-and-fiction-on-memories-of-violence-death-politics-and-the-economy-of-silence-in-post-revolution-iran/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:00:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=14036 Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is an acclaimed and respected writer in Iran. A post stamp has recently been produced in his honor. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/that-buried-secret-of-ours-non-fiction-and-fiction-on-memories-of-violence-death-politics-and-the-economy-of-silence-in-post-revolution-iran/feed/ 0 Leipzig 100: Super Model Epilogue with Savage https://allegralaboratory.net/leipzig-100-super-model-epilogue-with-savage/ https://allegralaboratory.net/leipzig-100-super-model-epilogue-with-savage/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:47:43 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=9827 In his epilogue to the series of papers of the centenary symposium, Immo Eulenberger, a native of Leipzig who had […]

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