infrastructure Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/infrastructure/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:59:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png infrastructure Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/infrastructure/ 32 32 Everywhere is a Border, Everywhere a Wall https://allegralaboratory.net/everywhere-is-a-border-everywhere-a-wall/ https://allegralaboratory.net/everywhere-is-a-border-everywhere-a-wall/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:59:17 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47485 On Stratified Topologies of Urban Passing 1 April 2024, London. Written while shifting from one transient stay to another, sixteen […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/projects-and-anti-projects/feed/ 0 When the Ground Refuses to Settle: Living with Unfinished Landscapes in the Western Ghats  https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-ground-refuses-to-settle-living-with-unfinished-landscapes-in-the-western-ghats/ https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-ground-refuses-to-settle-living-with-unfinished-landscapes-in-the-western-ghats/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:29:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46749 On the national highway that cuts across the lower slopes of the Western Ghats, the surface itself is rarely the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-ground-refuses-to-settle-living-with-unfinished-landscapes-in-the-western-ghats/feed/ 0 The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45601 Andreas Malm. 2024. The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth. London. New York: Verso Urgency is the word that […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/feed/ 0 Seeing Treaty Rights: The cumulative effects of enacting new regulations https://allegralaboratory.net/seeing-treaty-rights-the-cumulative-effects-of-enacting-new-regulations/ https://allegralaboratory.net/seeing-treaty-rights-the-cumulative-effects-of-enacting-new-regulations/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44211 A moose mating ritual “Sorry, what did you say?” asked the company CEO during a meeting about new regulatory requirements. […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/seeing-treaty-rights-the-cumulative-effects-of-enacting-new-regulations/feed/ 0 Deregulated Grids, Natural Gas and the Texas Freeze – A Cautionary Tale https://allegralaboratory.net/deregulated-grids-natural-gas-and-the-texas-freeze-a-cautionary-tale/ https://allegralaboratory.net/deregulated-grids-natural-gas-and-the-texas-freeze-a-cautionary-tale/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:04:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44015 A little after 1 am on Feb. 15, 2021 during a frigid storm, the Texas electric grid came close to […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/deregulated-grids-natural-gas-and-the-texas-freeze-a-cautionary-tale/feed/ 0 Pasts Cast in Concrete and Steel? Infrastructure and the War in Ukraine https://allegralaboratory.net/pasts-cast-in-concrete-and-steel-infrastructure-and-the-war-in-ukraine/ https://allegralaboratory.net/pasts-cast-in-concrete-and-steel-infrastructure-and-the-war-in-ukraine/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43487 In May 2024, following a barrage of Russian missile attacks on power stations across Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/pasts-cast-in-concrete-and-steel-infrastructure-and-the-war-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 Walls https://allegralaboratory.net/walls/ https://allegralaboratory.net/walls/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43126 Áine Mangaoang The nicest prison walls in the world? The prison begins, and ends, with the wall. Ten-feet tall, smooth […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/walls/feed/ 0 Against making sense: Appreciating absurd roundabouts in Malaysian Borneo https://allegralaboratory.net/against-making-sense-appreciating-absurd-roundabouts-in-malaysian-borneo/ https://allegralaboratory.net/against-making-sense-appreciating-absurd-roundabouts-in-malaysian-borneo/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 08:00:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41533 In Kuching, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, I found a musical roundabout. Large loudspeakers turn this otherwise […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/against-making-sense-appreciating-absurd-roundabouts-in-malaysian-borneo/feed/ 0 AnthroKino: Spring Program https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino-programm-spring/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino-programm-spring/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:43:51 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41204 This spring, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a line up of […]

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