humanitarianism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/humanitarianism/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:08:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png humanitarianism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/humanitarianism/ 32 32 Call for Reviewers: Solidarities, Hope and Care https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviewers-solidarities-hope-and-care/ https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviewers-solidarities-hope-and-care/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:01:57 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47632 In our most recent book review series, Allegra contributors thought together with authors researching Settler Colonialism, Borders and Empire. Fourteen […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/call-for-reviewers-solidarities-hope-and-care/feed/ 0 In the grey zone of humanitarian honors: ‘Heroines of solidarity’ in the European ‘refugee crisis’ https://allegralaboratory.net/in-the-grey-zone-of-humanitarian-honors-heroines-of-solidarity-in-the-european-refugee-crisis/ https://allegralaboratory.net/in-the-grey-zone-of-humanitarian-honors-heroines-of-solidarity-in-the-european-refugee-crisis/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46636 This article explores the interplay between morality and power in the conferral of humanitarian honors during the European “refugee crisis”.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/in-the-grey-zone-of-humanitarian-honors-heroines-of-solidarity-in-the-european-refugee-crisis/feed/ 0 «Please don’t scroll»: Social Media as Humanitarian Communication in Gaza https://allegralaboratory.net/please-dont-scroll-social-media-as-humanitarian-communication-in-gaza/ https://allegralaboratory.net/please-dont-scroll-social-media-as-humanitarian-communication-in-gaza/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:28:32 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46507 Since October 2023, I have been exposed to images and videos from Gaza that I will never forget. Although I […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/please-dont-scroll-social-media-as-humanitarian-communication-in-gaza/feed/ 0 Humanitarianism Hijacked: Israel’s instrumentalization of the humanitarian space https://allegralaboratory.net/humanitarianism-hijacked-israels-instrumentalization-of-the-humanitarian-space/ https://allegralaboratory.net/humanitarianism-hijacked-israels-instrumentalization-of-the-humanitarian-space/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:10:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46284 In November 2023, during the first phase of the genocide in Gaza, I published a text in Allegra Lab, asking […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/humanitarianism-hijacked-israels-instrumentalization-of-the-humanitarian-space/feed/ 0 Reading Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine in Times of Genocide https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-elastic-empire-refashioning-war-through-aid-in-palestine-in-times-of-genocide/ https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-elastic-empire-refashioning-war-through-aid-in-palestine-in-times-of-genocide/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46161 Lisa Bhungalia. 2023. Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Israel kills 59 Palestinians in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-elastic-empire-refashioning-war-through-aid-in-palestine-in-times-of-genocide/feed/ 0 Narrative Abandonment: Suffering and the Hidden Costs of Solidarity in Times of War https://allegralaboratory.net/narrative-abandonment-suffering-and-the-hidden-costs-of-solidarity-in-times-of-war/ https://allegralaboratory.net/narrative-abandonment-suffering-and-the-hidden-costs-of-solidarity-in-times-of-war/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43384 As the all-out war in Ukraine touched the baton with the Covid pandemic in the early 2022, the plight of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/narrative-abandonment-suffering-and-the-hidden-costs-of-solidarity-in-times-of-war/feed/ 0 From Despair to Where? Anthropology, critique, political practice and the case for radical optimism https://allegralaboratory.net/from-despair-to-where-anthropology-critique-political-practice-and-the-case-for-radical-optimism/ https://allegralaboratory.net/from-despair-to-where-anthropology-critique-political-practice-and-the-case-for-radical-optimism/#respond Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:56:56 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41044  Allegra Lab · From Despair To Where? Anthropology, critique, political practice and the case for radical optimism   TRANSCRIPT […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/from-despair-to-where-anthropology-critique-political-practice-and-the-case-for-radical-optimism/feed/ 0 A critique of humanitarianism on the brink of genocide https://allegralaboratory.net/a-critique-of-humanitarianism-on-the-brink-of-genocide/ https://allegralaboratory.net/a-critique-of-humanitarianism-on-the-brink-of-genocide/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:03:30 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=40950 That humanitarian language, materials, and practice offer a space for politics to hide (Feldman, 2018, p. 131) can probably not […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/a-critique-of-humanitarianism-on-the-brink-of-genocide/feed/ 0 Verantwortungsbewusstsein – On German Responsibility https://allegralaboratory.net/verantwortungsbewusstsein-on-german-responsibility/ https://allegralaboratory.net/verantwortungsbewusstsein-on-german-responsibility/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:34:19 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=40900 For many years now we have met Germans who declare that they are ashamed of being German. I have often […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/verantwortungsbewusstsein-on-german-responsibility/feed/ 0 AnthroKino – The Program https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:00:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=40800 In November and December, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a wonderful […]

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