Displacement Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/displacement/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:14:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Displacement Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/displacement/ 32 32 Introduction: Displacement and New Sociabilities https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-displacement-and-new-sociabilities/ https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-displacement-and-new-sociabilities/#respond Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:00:15 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28352 In this thematic week we aim to think through the notion of displacement. At a time that is marked by […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-displacement-and-new-sociabilities/feed/ 0 Shifting Sands – A film by Paul Reade https://allegralaboratory.net/shifting-sands-a-film-by-paul-reade-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/shifting-sands-a-film-by-paul-reade-displacement/#respond Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:00:18 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28375 Tourism creates and depends on an entanglement of temporary and permanent displacements; at the same time it manipulates and projects […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/shifting-sands-a-film-by-paul-reade-displacement/feed/ 0 Reading the Signs: Dust, Smoke, and Displacement in Athens https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-the-signs-dust-smoke-and-displacement-in-athens/ https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-the-signs-dust-smoke-and-displacement-in-athens/#respond Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:00:15 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28370 ‘At home,’ we are in full command of the dialectics of knowledge and recognition. Jean Améry, “How Much Home Does […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-the-signs-dust-smoke-and-displacement-in-athens/feed/ 0 Stranger in paradise https://allegralaboratory.net/stranger-in-paradise-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/stranger-in-paradise-displacement/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:00:46 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28366 This post explores the notion of displacement through the experience of Franziska, who has spent her whole life in a […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/stranger-in-paradise-displacement/feed/ 0 Bench acquaintances: Finding one’s place in a Buenos Aires shopping centre #Displacement https://allegralaboratory.net/bench-acquaintances-finding-ones-place-in-a-buenos-aires-shopping-centre-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/bench-acquaintances-finding-ones-place-in-a-buenos-aires-shopping-centre-displacement/#respond Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:00:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28363 In a situation of displacement, migrants and Argentinians forge social relations and thereby emplace themselves in a Buenos Aires shopping […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/bench-acquaintances-finding-ones-place-in-a-buenos-aires-shopping-centre-displacement/feed/ 0 On (not) being there: Affective simultaneity across place and time https://allegralaboratory.net/on-not-being-there-affective-simultaneity-across-place-and-time-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/on-not-being-there-affective-simultaneity-across-place-and-time-displacement/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:00:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28360 Through the notion of simultaneity I explore the emotional and affective dimension of the displacement-emplacement continuum within transnational migration and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/on-not-being-there-affective-simultaneity-across-place-and-time-displacement/feed/ 0 Dehumanisation and Contested Spaces: Rethinking Displacement from Refugees to Homelessness https://allegralaboratory.net/dehumanisation-and-contested-spaces-rethinking-displacement-from-refugees-to-homelessness/ https://allegralaboratory.net/dehumanisation-and-contested-spaces-rethinking-displacement-from-refugees-to-homelessness/#respond Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:00:08 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28358 Dehumanisation is at the core of displacement: it requires that a group of people—because of race, class, migration status, or […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/dehumanisation-and-contested-spaces-rethinking-displacement-from-refugees-to-homelessness/feed/ 0 On being made feel out of place https://allegralaboratory.net/on-being-made-feel-out-of-place-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/on-being-made-feel-out-of-place-displacement/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2018 07:00:18 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28354 Based on the experiences of two young Eritreans who arrived in Switzerland as unaccompanied minors, this article thinks through the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/on-being-made-feel-out-of-place-displacement/feed/ 1 When ‘roofless’ migrants make their place. Contradictive perceptions of belonging in São Paulo’s squats https://allegralaboratory.net/when-roofless-migrants-make-their-place-contradictive-perceptions-of-belonging-in-sao-paulos-squats-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/when-roofless-migrants-make-their-place-contradictive-perceptions-of-belonging-in-sao-paulos-squats-displacement/#respond Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:00:32 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28402 In Brazilian squats, a ‘local population struggles for their ‘right to the city’ and a ‘migrant’ population tries to establish […]

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