Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:24:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/ 32 32 Of backways and legitimate concerns https://allegralaboratory.net/of-backways-and-legitimate-concerns/ https://allegralaboratory.net/of-backways-and-legitimate-concerns/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:24:13 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48908 Review of Backway to Europe: Talking Borders and Migration with Gambians on the Move (Series 1)

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/of-backways-and-legitimate-concerns/feed/ 0 Support for Displaced Students and Scholars at the University of Trento with Ester Gallo https://allegralaboratory.net/support-for-displaced-students-and-scholars-at-the-university-of-trento-with-ester-gallo/ https://allegralaboratory.net/support-for-displaced-students-and-scholars-at-the-university-of-trento-with-ester-gallo/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:12:26 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48906 On this Episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Monica speak with Ester Gallo, an Associate Professor at the University of Trento.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/support-for-displaced-students-and-scholars-at-the-university-of-trento-with-ester-gallo/feed/ 0 Global University Academy with Marianne Knarud https://allegralaboratory.net/global-university-academy-with-marianne-knarud/ https://allegralaboratory.net/global-university-academy-with-marianne-knarud/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:44:12 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48904 On this Episode of Displacing Universities Svitalna and Ian speak with Mariana Knaurd, Secretary General of the Global University Academy.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/global-university-academy-with-marianne-knarud/feed/ 0 Unhealthy at the Health Fair: A personal account of chronic illness and disability in the field https://allegralaboratory.net/unhealthy-at-the-health-fair-a-personal-account-of-chronic-illness-and-disability-in-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/unhealthy-at-the-health-fair-a-personal-account-of-chronic-illness-and-disability-in-the-field/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:24 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46344 This reflective essay examines the author’s experience conducting fieldwork while managing chronic illness and disability.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/unhealthy-at-the-health-fair-a-personal-account-of-chronic-illness-and-disability-in-the-field/feed/ 0 Towards a compassionate turn https://allegralaboratory.net/towards-a-compassionate-turn/ https://allegralaboratory.net/towards-a-compassionate-turn/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:16 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46381 This article introduces The New Ethnographer’s call for a “compassionate turn” in anthropology, extending the reflexive turn by foregrounding how fieldwork impacts researchers as well as interlocutors.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/towards-a-compassionate-turn/feed/ 0 Through the looking glass: learning to do ethnography with children and their families https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/ https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:07 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46506 In this article, Nieves Galera reflects on the practical and emotional challenges of conducting ethnographic fieldwork with infants and their families.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/feed/ 0 The Murky World of ‘Extremism’ Research https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46482 Richard McNeil-Willson critiques sensationalised and unethical approaches to researching so-called “extremist” groups, responding to popular accounts that celebrate deception, infiltration, and personal risk.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/feed/ 0 The ethnographer’s body is gendered https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethnographers-body-is-gendered/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethnographers-body-is-gendered/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:07:52 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46367 Writing from experiences of harassment, surveillance, and sexualised misrecognition during fieldwork in a highly militarised context, Anya Evans foregrounds the ethnographer’s body as a central site of knowledge production and vulnerability.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethnographers-body-is-gendered/feed/ 0 Centre for Migration Research and Integration Practice at The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences with Louis Henri Seukwa and Janina Hertel https://allegralaboratory.net/centre-for-migration-research-and-integration-practice-at-the-hamburg-university-of-applied-sciences-with-louis-henri-seukwa-and-janina-hertel/ https://allegralaboratory.net/centre-for-migration-research-and-integration-practice-at-the-hamburg-university-of-applied-sciences-with-louis-henri-seukwa-and-janina-hertel/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:07:43 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48902 On this Episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Louis Henri Seukwa and Janina Hertel who both work at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/centre-for-migration-research-and-integration-practice-at-the-hamburg-university-of-applied-sciences-with-louis-henri-seukwa-and-janina-hertel/feed/ 0 The ethics of mediation in conservation spaces https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethics-of-mediation-in-conservation-spaces/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethics-of-mediation-in-conservation-spaces/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:07:42 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46374 This article explores the ethical precarity of conducting anthropological research within contested conservation spaces, where moral boundaries are blurred and alliances are unstable.

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