power Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/power/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:34:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png power Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/power/ 32 32 “There is Nothing to See”: Silence and the Atmosphere of War https://allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothing-to-see-silence-and-the-atmosphere-of-war/ https://allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothing-to-see-silence-and-the-atmosphere-of-war/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:15:54 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47443 This essay examines the social life of silence in the Lake Chad Basin after years of insurgent violence.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothing-to-see-silence-and-the-atmosphere-of-war/feed/ 0 Projects and Anti-Projects  https://allegralaboratory.net/projects-and-anti-projects/ https://allegralaboratory.net/projects-and-anti-projects/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46676 Projects are premised on bringing forth something new; they are premised on creation, invention, and improvement.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/projects-and-anti-projects/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 Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories https://allegralaboratory.net/architectures-of-colonialism-constructed-histories-conflicting-memories/ https://allegralaboratory.net/architectures-of-colonialism-constructed-histories-conflicting-memories/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46632 Vera Egbers, Christa Kamleithner, Özge Sezer and Alexandra Skedzuhn-Safir. 2024. Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories. Berlin: De Gruyter […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/architectures-of-colonialism-constructed-histories-conflicting-memories/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 Volte-Face (Takwi’) https://allegralaboratory.net/on-volte-face-takwi/ https://allegralaboratory.net/on-volte-face-takwi/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:38:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45151 Speaking was very risky during the fifty-four years long Asad family domination of the republic.[1] By speaking, I am not […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/on-volte-face-takwi/feed/ 0 Their Life Has Been Taken; Their Death is Denied https://allegralaboratory.net/their-life-has-been-taken-their-death-is-denied/ https://allegralaboratory.net/their-life-has-been-taken-their-death-is-denied/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45343 Didier Fassin. 2024. Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza. London: Verso. Israel’s nearly two-year […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/their-life-has-been-taken-their-death-is-denied/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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