methods Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/methods/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:38:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png methods Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/methods/ 32 32 Care, Commons and Thinking Together: An Allegra Approach to Book Reviews https://allegralaboratory.net/care-commons-and-thinking-together-an-allegra-approach-to-book-reviews/ https://allegralaboratory.net/care-commons-and-thinking-together-an-allegra-approach-to-book-reviews/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:11:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47701 Of the many experiences shared by early career academics, feeling perpetually behind undoubtedly counts among them. Casual conversations with colleagues […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/care-commons-and-thinking-together-an-allegra-approach-to-book-reviews/feed/ 0 What is Critique? EASA LAWNET – Allegra webinar series https://allegralaboratory.net/what-is-critique-easa-lawnet-allegra-webinar-series/ https://allegralaboratory.net/what-is-critique-easa-lawnet-allegra-webinar-series/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:59:06 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46417 From February 13 to 19 June 2026 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. What is critique, and what might […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/what-is-critique-easa-lawnet-allegra-webinar-series/feed/ 0 Empathy and dialogue: embracing the art of creative review https://allegralaboratory.net/empathy-and-dialogue-embracing-the-art-of-creative-review/ https://allegralaboratory.net/empathy-and-dialogue-embracing-the-art-of-creative-review/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43947 Imagine the moment you first encounter a piece of creative ethnography—a poem, a performance, an image—that speaks to the heart […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/empathy-and-dialogue-embracing-the-art-of-creative-review/feed/ 0 Lessons from Tahrir for activists and their allies https://allegralaboratory.net/lessons-from-tahrir-for-activists-and-their-allies/ https://allegralaboratory.net/lessons-from-tahrir-for-activists-and-their-allies/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43858 Reflections on Rusha Latif’s Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution (American University in Cairo Press, 2022). After more than […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/lessons-from-tahrir-for-activists-and-their-allies/feed/ 0 Ethics without the Ethics: The Institutionalized Committees and the Question of Integrity https://allegralaboratory.net/ethics-without-the-ethics-the-institutionalized-committees-and-the-question-of-integrity-by-sertac-sehlikoglu/ https://allegralaboratory.net/ethics-without-the-ethics-the-institutionalized-committees-and-the-question-of-integrity-by-sertac-sehlikoglu/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43635 I would like to use this opportunity to reflect on the long journey of ethics that I, as the PI […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/ethics-without-the-ethics-the-institutionalized-committees-and-the-question-of-integrity-by-sertac-sehlikoglu/feed/ 0 Street Books in Tehran: Collective Mentality and Decolonizing Research Engagement https://allegralaboratory.net/street-books-in-tehran-collective-mentality-and-decolonizing-research-engagement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/street-books-in-tehran-collective-mentality-and-decolonizing-research-engagement/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:00:07 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43514 Wandering through the central streets of Tehran, you will invariably come across the ubiquitous street booksellers and their stalls. As […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/street-books-in-tehran-collective-mentality-and-decolonizing-research-engagement/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 An audio note on Commitment https://allegralaboratory.net/a-audio-note-on-commitment/ https://allegralaboratory.net/a-audio-note-on-commitment/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2024 07:02:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43550 ‘We have to sit with the structural inequality of our work, and not try to dance around the obligation of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/a-audio-note-on-commitment/feed/ 0 The Transformative Potential of Intimacy: Turkish Coffee Talk and Ethnographic Listening https://allegralaboratory.net/the-transformative-potential-of-intimacy-turkish-coffee-talk-and-ethnographic-listening/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-transformative-potential-of-intimacy-turkish-coffee-talk-and-ethnographic-listening/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43369 Until the fairly recent turn towards therapy and mental health of educated middle classes in Turkey, talking with one’s neighbor, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-transformative-potential-of-intimacy-turkish-coffee-talk-and-ethnographic-listening/feed/ 0 Introduction: Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork in the Global South https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-conducting-ethnographic-fieldwork-in-the-global-south/ https://allegralaboratory.net/introduction-conducting-ethnographic-fieldwork-in-the-global-south/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43343 Conducting field research in the Global South comes with its own challenges in various stages: pre-field, during fieldwork, and post-fieldwork. […]

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