Afterlives Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/afterlives/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:48:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Afterlives Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/afterlives/ 32 32 Afterlives: An Introduction https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-introduction/ https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-introduction/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 07:00:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33467 Afterlives are proliferating. Whether it is empire or destruction, Ebola or punk, revolution or waste – there seems to exist […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-introduction/feed/ 1 Shaheen Bagh and the Force of Foundation https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-shaheen-bagh-and-the-force-of-foundation/ https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-shaheen-bagh-and-the-force-of-foundation/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 06:55:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33500 February 2020. The pedestrian overpass is covered in banners. Crossing its elevated walkway, only flashes of the sky can be […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-shaheen-bagh-and-the-force-of-foundation/feed/ 1 Haunted: Spirits and the Agency of the No Longer in Niger https://allegralaboratory.net/haunted-spirits-and-the-agency-of-the-no-longer-in-niger/ https://allegralaboratory.net/haunted-spirits-and-the-agency-of-the-no-longer-in-niger/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 06:50:55 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33558 In Niger one frequently hears that schools, specifically secondary schools, are haunted. Briefly put, this means that some schools are […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/haunted-spirits-and-the-agency-of-the-no-longer-in-niger/feed/ 0 Ghosts of Infrastructures Past https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-ghosts-of-infrastructures-past/ https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-ghosts-of-infrastructures-past/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 06:45:27 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33522 Some miles outside a small Welsh town, off the main road, a long, flat structure rises from the undergrowth. Ivy […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-ghosts-of-infrastructures-past/feed/ 0 Presumed Dead but Lived On https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-presumed-dead-but-lived-on/ https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-presumed-dead-but-lived-on/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 06:40:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33539 Treasures and Discreet Afterlives of Greek Heritage in Contemporary Turkey Treasure hunts have long been a common practice, constituting one […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-presumed-dead-but-lived-on/feed/ 0 Lieux chargés: afterlives of Stolpersteine https://allegralaboratory.net/lieux-charges-afterlives-of-stolpersteine/ https://allegralaboratory.net/lieux-charges-afterlives-of-stolpersteine/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 06:30:05 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33615 Europe’s largest decentralised memorial is artist Gunter Demnig’s ​Stolpersteine​—‘stumbling stones’— small brass plaques installed in the pavement in front of the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/lieux-charges-afterlives-of-stolpersteine/feed/ 2 Turkish Cemeteries for the “Unknown” https://allegralaboratory.net/turkish-cemeteries-for-the-unknown-afterlives/ https://allegralaboratory.net/turkish-cemeteries-for-the-unknown-afterlives/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 06:27:45 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33665 I first heard about the Cemetery for the Unknown from a friend, Ceyda, while returning from the funeral of her […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/turkish-cemeteries-for-the-unknown-afterlives/feed/ 1 The Afterlife of Impossible Friendships https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-the-afterlife-of-impossible-friendships/ https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-the-afterlife-of-impossible-friendships/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 06:25:31 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33685 “My best friend from the army was a unit officer responsible for food and supplies. His name was Đura and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-the-afterlife-of-impossible-friendships/feed/ 0 Magical afterlives in post-genocidal Turkey https://allegralaboratory.net/magical-afterlives-in-post-genocidal-turkey/ https://allegralaboratory.net/magical-afterlives-in-post-genocidal-turkey/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 06:20:04 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33657 One enters the city of Dersim, surrounded by the steep holy Munzur Mountains in central Anatolia, after showing one’s ID […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/magical-afterlives-in-post-genocidal-turkey/feed/ 0 Tears and Dreams of a Martyr https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-tears-and-dreams-of-a-martyr/ https://allegralaboratory.net/afterlives-tears-and-dreams-of-a-martyr/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 06:15:09 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33757  “When my father went, he knew he let me in safe hands. It means that instead of one hand, I […]

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