Remoteness Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/remoteness/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Wed, 06 Jul 2022 10:28:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Remoteness Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/remoteness/ 32 32 Anthropological takes on the ‘return of remoteness’ – Introduction https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-to-the-week-remoteness-redux/ https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-to-the-week-remoteness-redux/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:00:04 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22036 For a long time, the direction seemed to be clear: the days of remote areas were numbered and it was […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-to-the-week-remoteness-redux/feed/ 0 Selective access or how states make remoteness https://allegralaboratory.net/selective-access-or-how-states-make-remoteness/ https://allegralaboratory.net/selective-access-or-how-states-make-remoteness/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:00:11 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22099 What makes a place remote? Is remoteness that which is geographically distant from the centre of administrative, political and economic […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/selective-access-or-how-states-make-remoteness/feed/ 0 Banditry and the Politics of Remoteness in the Highlands of Madagascar https://allegralaboratory.net/banditry-and-the-politics-of-remoteness-in-the-highlands-of-madagascar/ https://allegralaboratory.net/banditry-and-the-politics-of-remoteness-in-the-highlands-of-madagascar/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2016 08:00:56 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22122 Over the past few years, the resurgence of rural banditry in many regions of Madagascar has been an important topic […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/banditry-and-the-politics-of-remoteness-in-the-highlands-of-madagascar/feed/ 0 Being there: Humanitarian remoteness https://allegralaboratory.net/being-there-humanitarian-remoteness/ https://allegralaboratory.net/being-there-humanitarian-remoteness/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:00:28 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22062 During World War II, Ruth Benedict conducted research about Japan at a distance. Challenging the stereotypical image of the white […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/being-there-humanitarian-remoteness/feed/ 1 Making Remoteness in the Sonoran desert https://allegralaboratory.net/making-remoteness-in-the-sonoran-desert/ https://allegralaboratory.net/making-remoteness-in-the-sonoran-desert/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:00:09 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22060 When we think about deserts, we usually imagine them as quintessentially remote. We tend to take their remoteness as primordial […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/making-remoteness-in-the-sonoran-desert/feed/ 0 Economic Remoteness and the ‘Development’ of Rural Ukraine https://allegralaboratory.net/economic-remoteness-and-the-development-of-rural-ukraine/ https://allegralaboratory.net/economic-remoteness-and-the-development-of-rural-ukraine/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:00:56 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22032 Brega, a village in Odessa province, Ukraine, has not always been a ‘remote’ place. During Soviet times, it was part […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/economic-remoteness-and-the-development-of-rural-ukraine/feed/ 0 Zomia 2.0: Political remoteness and neoliberal connectivity in two casino towns in Myanmar and Laos https://allegralaboratory.net/zomia-2-0-political-remoteness-and-neoliberal-connectivity-in-two-casino-towns-in-myanmar-and-laos/ https://allegralaboratory.net/zomia-2-0-political-remoteness-and-neoliberal-connectivity-in-two-casino-towns-in-myanmar-and-laos/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:00:32 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=22030 The forested hills where Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and China meet are commonly known as the Golden Triangle, the world’s second […]

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