Fictions Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/fictions/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:23:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Fictions Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/fictions/ 32 32 LIVING FICTIONS https://allegralaboratory.net/living-fictions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/living-fictions/#respond Sat, 14 May 2016 07:00:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19440 The theme of “living fictions” comes from a presentation I gave at a recent meeting of the EASA Anthropology of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/living-fictions/feed/ 0 Turning cool kids into outlaws – Legal fictions and the management of heroin abuse in post-reform China https://allegralaboratory.net/turning-cool-kids-into-outlaws-legal-fictions-and-the-management-of-heroin-abuse-in-post-reform-china/ https://allegralaboratory.net/turning-cool-kids-into-outlaws-legal-fictions-and-the-management-of-heroin-abuse-in-post-reform-china/#respond Fri, 13 May 2016 15:39:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19588 Cool kids. On a rainy afternoon towards the end of my fieldwork in Qilin, southwest China, I sat with one […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/turning-cool-kids-into-outlaws-legal-fictions-and-the-management-of-heroin-abuse-in-post-reform-china/feed/ 0 Fictional #Fictions between China and Arstotzka https://allegralaboratory.net/fictional-fictions-between-china-and-arstotzka/ https://allegralaboratory.net/fictional-fictions-between-china-and-arstotzka/#respond Fri, 06 May 2016 07:00:48 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19449 One interesting way to (momentarily) close this thematic week about living fictions (one that could also speak to many other […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/fictional-fictions-between-china-and-arstotzka/feed/ 0 On Chinese Pedagogical Legalism (and its Anthropological Ghost) fictions https://allegralaboratory.net/on-chinese-pedagogical-legalism-and-its-anthropological-ghost-fictions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/on-chinese-pedagogical-legalism-and-its-anthropological-ghost-fictions/#comments Thu, 05 May 2016 07:00:29 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19447 “You have already been incredibly faithful towards the man. And you have been following all the relevant rules for establishing […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/on-chinese-pedagogical-legalism-and-its-anthropological-ghost-fictions/feed/ 1 ‘The soul of the community’: corporate legal personhood in an indigenous settlement fictions https://allegralaboratory.net/the-soul-of-the-community-corporate-legal-personhood-in-an-indigenous-settlement-fictions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-soul-of-the-community-corporate-legal-personhood-in-an-indigenous-settlement-fictions/#respond Wed, 04 May 2016 07:00:26 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19445 In Argentina, indigenous people have been historically marginalised and rendered invisible (Gordillo & Hirsch 2003). However, over the last couple […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-soul-of-the-community-corporate-legal-personhood-in-an-indigenous-settlement-fictions/feed/ 0 The Emergence of “Divorce Before Consummation” as a Legal Category in Jordanian Sharia Courts fictions https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emergence-of-divorce-before-consummation-as-a-legal-category-in-jordanian-sharia-courts-fictions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emergence-of-divorce-before-consummation-as-a-legal-category-in-jordanian-sharia-courts-fictions/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 07:00:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=19443 Today’s inquiry into the nature of legal fictions takes us to Jordan’s government-run Sharia courts, where the concept of “divorce […]

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