You searched for fieldnotes - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:37:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png You searched for fieldnotes - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/ 32 32 Poetic Resonance: Dwelling in the Affective Ripples of Ethnography https://allegralaboratory.net/poetic-resonance-dwelling-in-the-affective-ripples-of-ethnography/ https://allegralaboratory.net/poetic-resonance-dwelling-in-the-affective-ripples-of-ethnography/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:08:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48427 This thematic thread presents experiments, exercises, and reflections stemming from a two-day collaborative, practice-led workshop with ‘poetic resonance’.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/poetic-resonance-dwelling-in-the-affective-ripples-of-ethnography/feed/ 0 Movements for Rhythms of Uncertainty https://allegralaboratory.net/movements-for-rhythms-of-uncertainty/ https://allegralaboratory.net/movements-for-rhythms-of-uncertainty/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48507 This experimental essay treats uncertainty as bodily and relational and uses rhythm as a way of noticing it. It begins in the writing vibrations of the Poetic Resonance Protocol and carries their structure through the composition of the piece.

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]]> Introduction: Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Global South https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-conducting-ethnographic-fieldwork-in-the-global-south/ https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-conducting-ethnographic-fieldwork-in-the-global-south/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43343 Conducting field research in the Global South comes with its own challenges in various stages: pre-field, during fieldwork, and post-fieldwork. […]

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]]> Climate Preconstruction in Coastal Africa https://allegralaboratory.net/climate-preconstruction-in-coastal-africa/ https://allegralaboratory.net/climate-preconstruction-in-coastal-africa/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00:34 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41383 The climate crisis is upon us. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves and fires are increasingly wreaking […]

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