globalisation Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/globalisation/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:04:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png globalisation Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/globalisation/ 32 32 Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the age of empires https://allegralaboratory.net/collaborative-settler-colonialism-japanese-migration-to-brazil-in-the-age-of-empires/ https://allegralaboratory.net/collaborative-settler-colonialism-japanese-migration-to-brazil-in-the-age-of-empires/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44840 Sidney Xu Lu. 2025. Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires. Oakland: University of California […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/collaborative-settler-colonialism-japanese-migration-to-brazil-in-the-age-of-empires/feed/ 0 Wild Computing: a view from anthropology  https://allegralaboratory.net/wild-computing-a-view-from-anthropology/ https://allegralaboratory.net/wild-computing-a-view-from-anthropology/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:21:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43796 Star computation scientist Stephen Wolfram has said that in order to accelerate the capacity of artificial intelligence towards a much more […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/wild-computing-a-view-from-anthropology/feed/ 0 Trust the food chain, trust the blockchain https://allegralaboratory.net/trust-the-food-chain-trust-the-blockchain/ https://allegralaboratory.net/trust-the-food-chain-trust-the-blockchain/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 06:20:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=39404 Using blockchain as a thread, IBM Food Trust tries to stitch the wounds in the global, decentralised food supply chain. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/trust-the-food-chain-trust-the-blockchain/feed/ 0 Trust, truth, and the blockchain https://allegralaboratory.net/trust-truth-and-the-blockchain/ https://allegralaboratory.net/trust-truth-and-the-blockchain/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2022 06:15:22 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=39421 “Less Trust, More Truth” said the black nylon drawstring bag in the cardboard box. I had to have one. No […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/trust-truth-and-the-blockchain/feed/ 1 On being voices of prudence in times of a pandemic https://allegralaboratory.net/on-being-voices-of-prudence-in-times-of-a-pandemic-corona/ https://allegralaboratory.net/on-being-voices-of-prudence-in-times-of-a-pandemic-corona/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:00:52 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=32594 Many academic disciplines have a lot to say these days about COVID-19. There are the medical experts, of course, epidemiologists, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/on-being-voices-of-prudence-in-times-of-a-pandemic-corona/feed/ 1 Undoing Work, Rethinking Community https://allegralaboratory.net/review-undoing-work-rethinking-community/ https://allegralaboratory.net/review-undoing-work-rethinking-community/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2019 07:00:11 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=30630 How does work confer dignity and a sense of belonging? Is work the central identity-conferring activity of society? What if […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/review-undoing-work-rethinking-community/feed/ 0 Stranger in paradise https://allegralaboratory.net/stranger-in-paradise-displacement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/stranger-in-paradise-displacement/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:00:46 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=28366 This post explores the notion of displacement through the experience of Franziska, who has spent her whole life in a […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/stranger-in-paradise-displacement/feed/ 0 The Space of Boredom – A conversation with Bruce O’Neill https://allegralaboratory.net/space-boredom-conversation-bruce-oneill/ https://allegralaboratory.net/space-boredom-conversation-bruce-oneill/#respond Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:00:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=27449 The Space of Boredom takes us to spaces on the edge of new global orders, focusing on the lives and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/space-boredom-conversation-bruce-oneill/feed/ 0 Virtual Roundtable – Mjriam Abu Samra’s response https://allegralaboratory.net/virtual-roundtable-mjriam-abu-samras-response-politicalagency/ https://allegralaboratory.net/virtual-roundtable-mjriam-abu-samras-response-politicalagency/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2016 07:00:31 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=20164 1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? I should emphasize here that […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/virtual-roundtable-mjriam-abu-samras-response-politicalagency/feed/ 0 Stitched Up, part 2/2! https://allegralaboratory.net/stitched-up-part-22-review/ https://allegralaboratory.net/stitched-up-part-22-review/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:51:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=11586  This is the second part in our Special Review section of Tansy E. Hoskins´ book Stitched Up – The […]

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