feminism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/feminism/ 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 feminism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/feminism/ 32 32 Anti-hero*ines of international social, political and legal practice: An Introduction https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46825 This thematic thread considers the figure of the anti-hero/anti-heroine and the lens of anti-heroism, and proposes a heuristic reformulation, the anti-hero*ine, to grasp more acutely the complexities and ambiguities in the interplay of power, agency and morality in relation to contemporary struggles for justice, rights, and social change.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/feed/ 0 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 The Ethics of Researching the Far-Right in the Global South https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethics-of-researching-the-far-right-in-the-global-south/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethics-of-researching-the-far-right-in-the-global-south/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:30:49 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43349 It was a hot sweltering Sunday afternoon in the bustling city of Karachi. I had come to the Bahar-e-Shariat mosque […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-ethics-of-researching-the-far-right-in-the-global-south/feed/ 0 Dreams and Personal Pursuits in Seoul: Part II https://allegralaboratory.net/fieldnotes-dreams-and-personal-pursuits-in-seoul-part-ii/ https://allegralaboratory.net/fieldnotes-dreams-and-personal-pursuits-in-seoul-part-ii/#respond Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:26:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=36401 The partial biographies presented in this piece are situated as stoppages that mark generational experiences of structural change in South […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/fieldnotes-dreams-and-personal-pursuits-in-seoul-part-ii/feed/ 0 Reciprocal Vulnerability in the Face of Patriarchal Violence https://allegralaboratory.net/reciprocal-vulnerability-in-the-face-of-patriarchal-violence/ https://allegralaboratory.net/reciprocal-vulnerability-in-the-face-of-patriarchal-violence/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:14:15 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=36368 “Everything is research data.” As PhD students we must have heard this statement from teachers, mentors, and supervisors a hundred […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/reciprocal-vulnerability-in-the-face-of-patriarchal-violence/feed/ 2 Me, Not You https://allegralaboratory.net/bookreview-me-not-you/ https://allegralaboratory.net/bookreview-me-not-you/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=36262 In Me, Not You, Alison Phipps uses the #MeToo Movement as a backdrop to her work to illustrate how privileged […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/bookreview-me-not-you/feed/ 0 Idols that ring hollow https://allegralaboratory.net/corona-idols-that-ring-hollow/ https://allegralaboratory.net/corona-idols-that-ring-hollow/#respond Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:00:42 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=35068 For the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/corona-idols-that-ring-hollow/feed/ 0 Virus and the City: Urban Experiences in Self-Isolation https://allegralaboratory.net/virus-and-the-city-urban-experiences-in-self-isolation/ https://allegralaboratory.net/virus-and-the-city-urban-experiences-in-self-isolation/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:00:44 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=33282 The way we make sense of space has radically changed as a novel Coronavirus spread, with no clear end in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/virus-and-the-city-urban-experiences-in-self-isolation/feed/ 0 #Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation https://allegralaboratory.net/review-identity-hashtagging-race-gender-sexuality-and-nation/ https://allegralaboratory.net/review-identity-hashtagging-race-gender-sexuality-and-nation/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 07:00:03 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32341 #Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation by Abigail de Kosnik and Keith Feldman (eds) serves as an exciting reminder of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/review-identity-hashtagging-race-gender-sexuality-and-nation/feed/ 0 “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, so I Got Me Some”: Katie Numi Usher on the Fluid Mosaic https://allegralaboratory.net/you-dont-bring-me-flowers-so-i-got-me-some-katie-numi-usher-on-the-fluid-mosaic/ https://allegralaboratory.net/you-dont-bring-me-flowers-so-i-got-me-some-katie-numi-usher-on-the-fluid-mosaic/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:00:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32083 Introduction I met Katie Numi Usher during a conference in London in 2018; she was invited as the winner of […]

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