Academic Fictions Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/academic-fictions/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:50:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Academic Fictions Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/academic-fictions/ 32 32 A knot in the throat, or that time a gangster died of appendicitis https://allegralaboratory.net/a-knot-in-the-throat-or-that-time-a-gangster-died-of-appendicitis/ https://allegralaboratory.net/a-knot-in-the-throat-or-that-time-a-gangster-died-of-appendicitis/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:00:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=40477 Based on “Fools Banished from the Kingdom: Remapping Geographies of Gang Violence between the Americas (Los Angeles and San Salvador)” […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/a-knot-in-the-throat-or-that-time-a-gangster-died-of-appendicitis/feed/ 0 Bend like a Willow Tree https://allegralaboratory.net/bend-like-a-willow-tree/ https://allegralaboratory.net/bend-like-a-willow-tree/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2022 07:00:39 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=38086 ‘Watch out, we’ll catch every one of you!’ Hamza’s shrill voice echoed in the stairwell, and through the opening, he […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/bend-like-a-willow-tree/feed/ 0 Dear Yaye https://allegralaboratory.net/dear-yaye/ https://allegralaboratory.net/dear-yaye/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:00:32 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=38076 November 2017   Dear Yaye, I am writing to you because a week ago, Babacar returned. Babacar Diop, I think […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-2084/feed/ 0 ‘Call to Arms: Silver and Lead’ Campaign Review https://allegralaboratory.net/call-to-arms-silver-and-lead-campaign-review/ https://allegralaboratory.net/call-to-arms-silver-and-lead-campaign-review/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:00:57 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=37972 ‘Call to Arms: Silver and Lead’ campaign review Posted December 10, 2034 by Julie Annie (staff writer at Génial Gaming) […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/call-to-arms-silver-and-lead-campaign-review/feed/ 0 Morumbi and Paraisópolis: A Four-Act Play https://allegralaboratory.net/morumbi-and-paraisopolis-a-four-act-play/ https://allegralaboratory.net/morumbi-and-paraisopolis-a-four-act-play/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:00:21 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=38035 Dramatis Personae Heitor: a 13-year-old boy Mr. Gomes, his father: a waste handler, working at a garbage dump Ms. Gomes, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/morumbi-and-paraisopolis-a-four-act-play/feed/ 0 A ballad of Kochi https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-a-ballad-of-kochi/ https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-a-ballad-of-kochi/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:01:09 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=38003 Come oh villagers, come to the port  Carry your sickles and scythes, sticks and rocks  Come to the port, our […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-a-ballad-of-kochi/feed/ 4 Academic Fictions: 2022 https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-2022/ https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-2022/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:00:10 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=38012 Last year, the Allegra Lab began a thematic thread showcasing a selection of the wonderful “academic fictions” written by students […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-2022/feed/ 0 All in a day – The story of an intersection https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-all-in-a-day-the-story-of-an-intersection/ https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-all-in-a-day-the-story-of-an-intersection/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:56:03 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=35816 It is early, the sun has only just begun to rise. A bird swoops from her nest to rest on […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/academic-fictions-all-in-a-day-the-story-of-an-intersection/feed/ 0 Lettre à Madame la Maire https://allegralaboratory.net/lettre-a-madame-la-maire/ https://allegralaboratory.net/lettre-a-madame-la-maire/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:30:46 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=35821 Le 4 janvier 2021   English Version Madame la Maire,   Si je vous écris aujourd’hui, c’est pour vous faire […]

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