Roadsides Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/roadsides/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:49:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Roadsides Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/roadsides/ 32 32 Infrastructure of the Archive / Archiving Infrastructure https://allegralaboratory.net/infrastructure-of-the-archive-archiving-infrastructure-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/infrastructure-of-the-archive-archiving-infrastructure-roadsides/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2020 08:15:24 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32530 Infrastructure is, in common understanding, a very material thing. We think of it as something made of iron and concrete. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/infrastructure-of-the-archive-archiving-infrastructure-roadsides/feed/ 0 Architecture as/and Infrastructure https://allegralaboratory.net/architecture-as-and-infrastructure-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/architecture-as-and-infrastructure-roadsides/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:15:28 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32528 Over the past two decades, infrastructure has emerged as a central concept in a larger conversation about architecture, landscape, and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/architecture-as-and-infrastructure-roadsides/feed/ 0 Un/boxing Fulfillment: A Field Guide to Logistical Worlds https://allegralaboratory.net/un-boxing-fulfillment-a-field-guide-to-logistical-worlds/ https://allegralaboratory.net/un-boxing-fulfillment-a-field-guide-to-logistical-worlds/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:00:37 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32950 In the classic origin tale of “The Box” and its seductions, Pandora is driven by curiosity—a distinctly feminized will to […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/un-boxing-fulfillment-a-field-guide-to-logistical-worlds/feed/ 0 Waiting for a Dam https://allegralaboratory.net/waiting-for-a-dam-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/waiting-for-a-dam-roadsides/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:00:48 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32524 Once again, in November 2019, I found myself in an SJVN waiting room. But it was a new waiting room. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/waiting-for-a-dam-roadsides/feed/ 0 Runways to the Sky https://allegralaboratory.net/runways-to-the-sky-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/runways-to-the-sky-roadsides/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:00:08 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32517 Road building in the Maldives – an archipelago of small coralline islands – sounds a bit like a euphemism for […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/runways-to-the-sky-roadsides/feed/ 0 The Space-Time of Infrastructure https://allegralaboratory.net/the-space-time-of-infrastructure-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-space-time-of-infrastructure-roadsides/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2020 07:00:25 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32515 “Lena, you can turn on the camera now.” The view of the space station changes from monitor to film image. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-space-time-of-infrastructure-roadsides/feed/ 0 When the Silk Road Vanished https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-silk-road-vanished-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-silk-road-vanished-roadsides/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:00:24 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32513 “I still need to cross Attabad before I reach home” – so our Shimshali travel companion commented matter-of-factly. We had […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-silk-road-vanished-roadsides/feed/ 0 Welcome to Roadsides https://allegralaboratory.net/welcome-to-roadsides/ https://allegralaboratory.net/welcome-to-roadsides/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:00:11 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32511 The side of a road is a good place for ethnography, we think. One of us owns a field next […]

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