Anthrostate Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/state/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:09:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Anthrostate Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/state/ 32 32 The State and International Relations, Ethnographically: Sites, Objects, Lives https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-and-international-relations-ethnographically-sites-objects-lives/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-and-international-relations-ethnographically-sites-objects-lives/#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:00:34 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=8755 This week begins a new thematic thread conceived around the topic, “The State and International Relations, Ethnographically: Sites, Objects, Lives.” […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-and-international-relations-ethnographically-sites-objects-lives/feed/ 0 REDUX: Abjected Spaces, Debris of War https://allegralaboratory.net/abjected-spaces-debris-of-war-anthrostate/ https://allegralaboratory.net/abjected-spaces-debris-of-war-anthrostate/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:00:03 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13531 To close our thematic week on the anthropology of the state, we re-publish (with the permission of the author) this […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/abjected-spaces-debris-of-war-anthrostate/feed/ 0 REDUX: “Cleaning Up the Streets” https://allegralaboratory.net/cleaning-up-the-streets-how-joburg-cops-bring-order-to-hillbrow-by-bringing-chaos-to-hillbrow/ https://allegralaboratory.net/cleaning-up-the-streets-how-joburg-cops-bring-order-to-hillbrow-by-bringing-chaos-to-hillbrow/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2018 08:00:21 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=8773 Hillbrow, Johannesburg: It’s April 2008. I am in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel, one of Johannesburg’s most happening nightclubs […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/cleaning-up-the-streets-how-joburg-cops-bring-order-to-hillbrow-by-bringing-chaos-to-hillbrow/feed/ 0 Call for Reviews: #AnthroState #Africa https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviews-anthrostate-africa/ https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviews-anthrostate-africa/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:00:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=26999 As we start into 2018, we seize the opportunity of this post by Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan on […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviews-anthrostate-africa/feed/ 0 Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on the #Anthrostate https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviews-recent-publications-on-the-anthrostate/ https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviews-recent-publications-on-the-anthrostate/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2015 06:00:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13811 The last two weeks here at Allegra have been dedicated to all things #Anthrostate. To continue the theme, we have […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviews-recent-publications-on-the-anthrostate/feed/ 0 Circulating the state idea and establishing a state system in Palestine https://allegralaboratory.net/circulating-the-state-idea-and-establishing-a-state-system-in-palestine-anthrostate/ https://allegralaboratory.net/circulating-the-state-idea-and-establishing-a-state-system-in-palestine-anthrostate/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2015 03:55:43 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13678 Since 2007, the Palestinian government in the West Bank has been working to build a state while under occupation. Already […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/circulating-the-state-idea-and-establishing-a-state-system-in-palestine-anthrostate/feed/ 0 Emergent Conversation: Being Like a State #anthrostate https://allegralaboratory.net/emergent-conversation-being-like-a-state-anthrostate/ https://allegralaboratory.net/emergent-conversation-being-like-a-state-anthrostate/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:00:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13694 Today we are very pleased to continue our #AnthroState debate via this collaboration with the Political and Legal Anthropology Review […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/emergent-conversation-being-like-a-state-anthrostate/feed/ 0 The State Against the State https://allegralaboratory.net/the-state-against-the-state-anthrostate/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 04:06:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13675 On April 2nd 2015, the bloody attack on Garissa University College captured and dominated news headlines worldwide. The attack was […]

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]]> “Unknown evil-doers perturbing the peace”: Mass fainting and the reproduction of hegemony in Luanda, Angola https://allegralaboratory.net/unknown-evil-doers-perturbing-the-peace-mass-fainting-and-the-reproduction-of-hegemony-in-luanda-angola-anthrostate/ https://allegralaboratory.net/unknown-evil-doers-perturbing-the-peace-mass-fainting-and-the-reproduction-of-hegemony-in-luanda-angola-anthrostate/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2015 05:00:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13171 Gina lay on a mattress in her room, the drip stuck in her hand, feeling “very feeble”. The sister of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/unknown-evil-doers-perturbing-the-peace-mass-fainting-and-the-reproduction-of-hegemony-in-luanda-angola-anthrostate/feed/ 0 Facades and Facelesness https://allegralaboratory.net/facades-and-facelesness-anthrostate/ https://allegralaboratory.net/facades-and-facelesness-anthrostate/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2015 05:00:39 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13238 “We will continuously say how rooted we are in this county like a plane tree embracing the soil with its […]

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