identity Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/identity/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:12:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png identity Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/identity/ 32 32 Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives https://allegralaboratory.net/food-culture-and-society-in-india-social-political-economic-and-cultural-perspectives/ https://allegralaboratory.net/food-culture-and-society-in-india-social-political-economic-and-cultural-perspectives/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48910 Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli. 2026. Food, Culture and Society in India: Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives. London: […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/food-culture-and-society-in-india-social-political-economic-and-cultural-perspectives/feed/ 0 Fear of/in the Ethnography https://allegralaboratory.net/fear-of-in-the-ethnography/ https://allegralaboratory.net/fear-of-in-the-ethnography/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:45 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46348 Tarek Younis reflects on the affective and ethical challenges of conducting ethnographic research on the UK’s Prevent counter-radicalisation duty within the NHS.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/fear-of-in-the-ethnography/feed/ 0 ‘Friendnography’ and the ethical questions it raises https://allegralaboratory.net/friendnography-and-the-ethical-questions-it-raises/ https://allegralaboratory.net/friendnography-and-the-ethical-questions-it-raises/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:05:26 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46346 Of all the hundreds of photos on my old phone, there was only one that I absolutely had to get […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/friendnography-and-the-ethical-questions-it-raises/feed/ 0 Rooms That Refuse to Remember Us. On the hidden labor of hospitality https://allegralaboratory.net/rooms-that-refuse-to-remember-us-on-the-hidden-labor-of-hospitality/ https://allegralaboratory.net/rooms-that-refuse-to-remember-us-on-the-hidden-labor-of-hospitality/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:35:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47415 Drawing on autoethnographic experience as a hotel cleaner in Amsterdam, this essay examines how the hospitality industry renders its workers structurally invisible.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/rooms-that-refuse-to-remember-us-on-the-hidden-labor-of-hospitality/feed/ 0 Ethnography of an Interface: Self-Tracking, Quantified Self, and the Work of Digital Connections https://allegralaboratory.net/ethnography-of-an-interface-self-tracking-quantified-self-and-the-work-of-digital-connections/ https://allegralaboratory.net/ethnography-of-an-interface-self-tracking-quantified-self-and-the-work-of-digital-connections/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47071 Yuliya Grinberg. 2025. Ethnography of an Interface: Self-Tracking, Quantified Self, and the Work of Digital Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/ethnography-of-an-interface-self-tracking-quantified-self-and-the-work-of-digital-connections/feed/ 0 British Culture After Empire: Race, Decolonisation and Migration Since 1945 https://allegralaboratory.net/british-culture-after-empire-race-decolonisation-and-migration-since-1945/ https://allegralaboratory.net/british-culture-after-empire-race-decolonisation-and-migration-since-1945/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46228 Josh Doble, Liam J. Liburd and Emma Parker, eds. 2024. British Culture After Empire: Race, Decolonisation and Migration Since 1945. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/british-culture-after-empire-race-decolonisation-and-migration-since-1945/feed/ 0 Inheriting a Dislocatory Moment https://allegralaboratory.net/inheriting-a-dislocatory-moment/ https://allegralaboratory.net/inheriting-a-dislocatory-moment/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:15:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45118 On December 8th, 2024, Syria – my country of birth and the place where I lived for twenty-four years – […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/inheriting-a-dislocatory-moment/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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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/on-silence/feed/ 0 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 Between Borders and Ballots https://allegralaboratory.net/between-borders-and-ballots/ https://allegralaboratory.net/between-borders-and-ballots/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:51:44 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43255 “I do wonder how safe this is for me. I mean, sharing these things.” The room felt small as he […]

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