social justice Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/social-justice/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:47:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png social justice Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/social-justice/ 32 32 In the Face of Fury: Holding Disruptive and Connective Intensities through Poetic Resonance https://allegralaboratory.net/in-the-face-of-fury-holding-disruptive-and-connective-intensities-through-poetic-resonance/ https://allegralaboratory.net/in-the-face-of-fury-holding-disruptive-and-connective-intensities-through-poetic-resonance/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48489 In this essay, I trace the force of fury that emerged within a single ethnographic moment and later saturated the analysis.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/in-the-face-of-fury-holding-disruptive-and-connective-intensities-through-poetic-resonance/feed/ 0 The Cost of Harm to Indigenous Land and Water: Compensation, Cultural Loss, and the Limits of Government Repair https://allegralaboratory.net/the-cost-of-harm-to-indigenous-land-and-water-compensation-cultural-loss-and-the-limits-of-government-repair/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-cost-of-harm-to-indigenous-land-and-water-compensation-cultural-loss-and-the-limits-of-government-repair/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:02:28 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48396 This article examines the McArthur River Mine Native Title compensation ruling as a landmark case in the recognition of Aboriginal cultural harm in Australia.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-cost-of-harm-to-indigenous-land-and-water-compensation-cultural-loss-and-the-limits-of-government-repair/feed/ 0 Health justice two ways: examples from the field https://allegralaboratory.net/health-justice-two-ways-examples-from-the-field/ https://allegralaboratory.net/health-justice-two-ways-examples-from-the-field/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 15:43:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47856 Through storytelling for health, the authors provide examples of different practices designed for justice and connection, community acupuncture and ethnographically informed research.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/health-justice-two-ways-examples-from-the-field/feed/ 0 Anti-hero*ines of international social, political and legal practice: An Introduction https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46825 This thematic thread considers the figure of the anti-hero/anti-heroine and the lens of anti-heroism, and proposes a heuristic reformulation, the anti-hero*ine, to grasp more acutely the complexities and ambiguities in the interplay of power, agency and morality in relation to contemporary struggles for justice, rights, and social change.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/feed/ 0 Alternatives to Extractivism. A manifesto of propositions and unresolved questions https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:07:42 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45766 In memory of Sabine Luning(30 August 1959 – 6 March 2025) whose support and input has shaped our thinking in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/feed/ 0 Recalibrating Political Islam? The Syrian Revolution in Global Narratives https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-political-islam-the-syrian-revolution-in-global-narratives/ https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-political-islam-the-syrian-revolution-in-global-narratives/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:50:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45133 In the shifting political landscape of post-Asad Syria, global narratives surrounding political Islam are undergoing a recalibration, blurring engagement with […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-political-islam-the-syrian-revolution-in-global-narratives/feed/ 0 Recalibrating Hope and Revolutionary Temporality in the Wake of Al-Assad’s Downfall https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-hope-and-revolutionary-temporality-in-the-wake-of-al-assads-downfall/ https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-hope-and-revolutionary-temporality-in-the-wake-of-al-assads-downfall/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45393 To be honest, I can’t describe my feelings now; it is a historical moment. Syrians finally feel they can breathe, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-hope-and-revolutionary-temporality-in-the-wake-of-al-assads-downfall/feed/ 0 Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-syria-new-openings-for-anthropological-engagement/ https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-syria-new-openings-for-anthropological-engagement/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45349 Joyful crowds toppling statues, unsealing torture prisons, defacing regime iconography, ordinary people roaming freely through Al-Asad’s Presidential Palace . . […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/recalibrating-syria-new-openings-for-anthropological-engagement/feed/ 0 A Crisis of Fiduciary Regulation: From ‘Access’ to Foundering Formalisation in South African Property Inheritance https://allegralaboratory.net/a-crisis-of-fiduciary-regulation-from-access-to-foundering-formalisation-in-south-african-property-inheritance/ https://allegralaboratory.net/a-crisis-of-fiduciary-regulation-from-access-to-foundering-formalisation-in-south-african-property-inheritance/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44167 Administration has a difficult history in South Africa: apartheid was centrally an administrative project, through segregation and exclusion. Areas of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/a-crisis-of-fiduciary-regulation-from-access-to-foundering-formalisation-in-south-african-property-inheritance/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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