authoritarianism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/authoritarianism/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:38:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png authoritarianism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/authoritarianism/ 32 32 Anti-heroines and Oman’s revolutionary afterlives https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-and-omans-revolutionary-afterlives/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-and-omans-revolutionary-afterlives/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46844 Images of female fighters in liberation movements from the global south have a wide appeal as symbols of radical social emancipation and iconic revolutionary heroines.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-and-omans-revolutionary-afterlives/feed/ 0 Syria in the Moment https://allegralaboratory.net/syria-in-the-moment/ https://allegralaboratory.net/syria-in-the-moment/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:30:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45132 While thinking optimistically about politics is never wise, it is impossible not to share in the euphoria of Syrians for […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/syria-in-the-moment/feed/ 0 The Emotional Toll of Death in Syria: Revolution to Toppling https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emotional-toll-of-death-in-syria-revolution-to-toppling/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emotional-toll-of-death-in-syria-revolution-to-toppling/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:15:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45462 After more than eight years of no contact, I conducted a video call with a former non-influential officer from an […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-emotional-toll-of-death-in-syria-revolution-to-toppling/feed/ 0 Forever no more? Between new and old worlds https://allegralaboratory.net/forever-no-more-between-new-and-old-worlds/ https://allegralaboratory.net/forever-no-more-between-new-and-old-worlds/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:33:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45260 The fall of Asad’s state of eternity on December 8th, the liberation of his regime’s prisons and security centres, the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/forever-no-more-between-new-and-old-worlds/feed/ 0 Do walls still have ears? https://allegralaboratory.net/do-walls-still-have-ears/ https://allegralaboratory.net/do-walls-still-have-ears/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45444 How can communications studies contribute to anthropological inquiry of Syria? This essay reflects on the architecture that governs silence and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/do-walls-still-have-ears/feed/ 0 Seeing Sednaya: Echoes of a Fallen Regime https://allegralaboratory.net/seeing-sednaya-echoes-of-a-fallen-regime/ https://allegralaboratory.net/seeing-sednaya-echoes-of-a-fallen-regime/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:15:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45170 Sednaya Prison, long cloaked in secrecy and fear, has stood as a stark symbol of the Asad regime’s repression. For […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/seeing-sednaya-echoes-of-a-fallen-regime/feed/ 0 Avowing Revolution https://allegralaboratory.net/avowing-revolution/ https://allegralaboratory.net/avowing-revolution/#respond Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45470 Khaldoun al-Mallah, a Palestinian-Syrian medical doctor and writer, journeyed south from exile in Idlib Province two days after the fall […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/avowing-revolution/feed/ 0 Recalibrating Hope and Revolutionary Temporality in the Wake of Al-Assad’s Downfall https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-hope-and-revolutionary-temporality-in-the-wake-of-al-assads-downfall/ https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-hope-and-revolutionary-temporality-in-the-wake-of-al-assads-downfall/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45393 To be honest, I can’t describe my feelings now; it is a historical moment. Syrians finally feel they can breathe, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-hope-and-revolutionary-temporality-in-the-wake-of-al-assads-downfall/feed/ 0 Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-syria-new-openings-for-anthropological-engagement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-syria-new-openings-for-anthropological-engagement/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45349 Joyful crowds toppling statues, unsealing torture prisons, defacing regime iconography, ordinary people roaming freely through Al-Asad’s Presidential Palace . . […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-syria-new-openings-for-anthropological-engagement/feed/ 0 On Silence https://allegralaboratory.net/on-silence/ https://allegralaboratory.net/on-silence/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45096 On the 7th of December 2024, Damascus was up all night having a special kind of party.  At 3 a.m., my siblings […]

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