Threads Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 19 May 2026 18:27:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Threads Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/ 32 32 Access2University and Education Pathways at UCLouvain with Elisabeth BOSTON https://allegralaboratory.net/access2university-and-education-pathways-at-uclouvain-with-elisabeth-boston/ https://allegralaboratory.net/access2university-and-education-pathways-at-uclouvain-with-elisabeth-boston/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:42:24 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47629 In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Elisabeth Boston. Elisabeth is the Refugee policy officer at UCLouvain in Belgium. They speak about Access2University (A2U), a programme that aims to prepare refugees (applicants) with little or no knowledge of French to resume university studies, and Education Pathways, which is an initiative to bring displaced people to Belgium to study.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/access2university-and-education-pathways-at-uclouvain-with-elisabeth-boston/feed/ 0 1: VISA https://allegralaboratory.net/visa/ https://allegralaboratory.net/visa/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:31:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46875 Backway to Europe is a podcast series produced in collaboration with Gambian advocates and activists. It centers their analyses of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/visa/feed/ 0 2: SEMESTERS https://allegralaboratory.net/semesters/ https://allegralaboratory.net/semesters/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:11:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47152 The second episode explores the material and symbolic motivations for Gambian youth choosing the backway to Europe, contrasting the modern, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/semesters/feed/ 0 3: JOURNEY https://allegralaboratory.net/journey/ https://allegralaboratory.net/journey/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:09:56 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47203 In this episode YAIM members retrace their perilous backway journey towards Europe in 2016/2017, across West African borders into Libya, highlighting the systemic […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/journey/feed/ 0 4: Detention https://allegralaboratory.net/detention/ https://allegralaboratory.net/detention/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:49:37 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47397 In this episode, YAIM members recount their experience of detention in Tariq al Sikka, one of Libya’s official detention centers, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/detention/feed/ 0 5: Return https://allegralaboratory.net/return/ https://allegralaboratory.net/return/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:56:57 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47476 In this episode, YAIM members describe how they kept their sanity inside Tariq al Sikka through music, shared prayers, and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/return/feed/ 0 6: (Neo)colonialism https://allegralaboratory.net/neocolonialism/ https://allegralaboratory.net/neocolonialism/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:23:27 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47600 In this episode, the conversation turns to the structural conditions that make the backway feel like the only viable option […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/neocolonialism/feed/ 0 7: Advocacy https://allegralaboratory.net/advocacy/ https://allegralaboratory.net/advocacy/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:58:40 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47603 In this final episode, the conversation turns to advocacy – what it means to do it from within a country shaped […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/advocacy/feed/ 0 Perspectives AlterEgauZ at The University of Fribourg with Marie-Christine Ukelo-Mbolo Merga https://allegralaboratory.net/perspectives-alteregauz-at-the-university-of-fribourg-with-marie-christine-ukelo-mbolo-merga/ https://allegralaboratory.net/perspectives-alteregauz-at-the-university-of-fribourg-with-marie-christine-ukelo-mbolo-merga/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:44:15 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47348 In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Svitlana speak with Marie-Christine Ukelo-Mbolo Merga about Perspectives AlterEgauZ* at the University of Fribourg.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/perspectives-alteregauz-at-the-university-of-fribourg-with-marie-christine-ukelo-mbolo-merga/feed/ 0 Initiatives for Refugees at University of Cologne with Ariane Elshof https://allegralaboratory.net/initiatives-for-refugees-at-university-of-cologne-with-ariane-elshof/ https://allegralaboratory.net/initiatives-for-refugees-at-university-of-cologne-with-ariane-elshof/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:41:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47292 In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Monica are speaking about the various Initiatives for Refugees at University of Cologne with Ariane Elshof. Ariane works in the Department 'International Students & Global Responsibility' where she's the Team Lead for Academic Refugee Support and Coordinates the Study Preparatory Measures for Refugees.

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