methods Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/methods/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:40:57 +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 READING BLACK MULTIPLICITIES AND BLACK VISUAL LANGUAGES https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-black-multiplicities-and-black-visual-languages/ https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-black-multiplicities-and-black-visual-languages/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:54:49 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48584 How do we read, write, and understand Black visual languages?

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-black-multiplicities-and-black-visual-languages/feed/ 0 Towards a compassionate turn https://allegralaboratory.net/towards-a-compassionate-turn/ https://allegralaboratory.net/towards-a-compassionate-turn/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:16 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46381 This article introduces The New Ethnographer’s call for a “compassionate turn” in anthropology, extending the reflexive turn by foregrounding how fieldwork impacts researchers as well as interlocutors.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/towards-a-compassionate-turn/feed/ 0 Through the looking glass: learning to do ethnography with children and their families https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/ https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:07 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46506 In this article, Nieves Galera reflects on the practical and emotional challenges of conducting ethnographic fieldwork with infants and their families.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/through-the-looking-glass-learning-to-do-ethnography-with-children-and-their-families/feed/ 0 The Murky World of ‘Extremism’ Research https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:08:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46482 Richard McNeil-Willson critiques sensationalised and unethical approaches to researching so-called “extremist” groups, responding to popular accounts that celebrate deception, infiltration, and personal risk.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-murky-world-of-extremism-research/feed/ 0 Orientalized Gender and the Field https://allegralaboratory.net/orientalized-gender-and-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/orientalized-gender-and-the-field/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:07:25 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46365 Drawing on her Master’s fieldwork in Leipzig, Salma Moustafa Khalil reflects on how orientalism, gender, and racialised assumptions shape ethnographic encounters when a Middle Eastern woman conducts research in Europe.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/orientalized-gender-and-the-field/feed/ 1 Fieldwork in the context of Covid-19 https://allegralaboratory.net/fieldwork-in-the-context-of-covid-19/ https://allegralaboratory.net/fieldwork-in-the-context-of-covid-19/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:06:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46377 The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally reshaped ethnographic research, forcing scholars to reconsider fieldwork methods, ethics, and institutional responsibilities.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/fieldwork-in-the-context-of-covid-19/feed/ 0 Competitive Hardship: ethnographic guilt and early-career pressure to conduct ‘authentic’ fieldwork https://allegralaboratory.net/competitive-hardship-ethnographic-guilt-and-early-career-pressure-to-conduct-authentic-fieldwork/ https://allegralaboratory.net/competitive-hardship-ethnographic-guilt-and-early-career-pressure-to-conduct-authentic-fieldwork/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:05:51 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46372 Jennifer Cearns examines the persistent influence of the "Malinowskian" model of fieldwork on early-career anthropologists, arguing that traditional expectations of isolation and immersion create unnecessary guilt and anxiety in contemporary settings.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/competitive-hardship-ethnographic-guilt-and-early-career-pressure-to-conduct-authentic-fieldwork/feed/ 0 Access and Agency of Women Ethnographers in Technical Leisure Cultures https://allegralaboratory.net/access-and-agency-of-women-ethnographers-in-technical-leisure-cultures/ https://allegralaboratory.net/access-and-agency-of-women-ethnographers-in-technical-leisure-cultures/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:05:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46494 Based on eighteen months of participant observation in US gaming and live-action role-play communities, the piece examines how women ethnographers navigate access, safety, and credibility within male-dominated technical leisure cultures.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/access-and-agency-of-women-ethnographers-in-technical-leisure-cultures/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 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 Wed, 01 Jul 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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