urbanism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/urbanism/ 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 urbanism Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/urbanism/ 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/everywhere-is-a-border-everywhere-a-wall/feed/ 0 Anthrokino: Open Unit https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino-open-unit/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino-open-unit/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 15:18:17 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44897 Come gather with us for another AnthroKino in which we’ll watch Open Unit by Paul Antick. The screening will be […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino-open-unit/feed/ 0 ‘Is this still life all I’m good for too?’ https://allegralaboratory.net/is-this-still-life-all-im-good-for-too/ https://allegralaboratory.net/is-this-still-life-all-im-good-for-too/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:15:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43953 A review of the film Open Unit. The appearance of a new Smith film from Paul Antick is a source […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/is-this-still-life-all-im-good-for-too/feed/ 0 Open Unit https://allegralaboratory.net/open-unit/ https://allegralaboratory.net/open-unit/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44041 Open Unit is another in the ongoing series of Smith and Willing films by Paul Antick. With music by Luke […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/open-unit/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 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 Climate Preconstruction in Coastal Africa https://allegralaboratory.net/climate-preconstruction-in-coastal-africa/ https://allegralaboratory.net/climate-preconstruction-in-coastal-africa/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00:34 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41383 The climate crisis is upon us. Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, heatwaves and fires are increasingly wreaking […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/climate-preconstruction-in-coastal-africa/feed/ 0 Heresies and provocations. For a politics of urban justice  https://allegralaboratory.net/heresies-and-provocation-for-a-politics-of-urban-justice/ https://allegralaboratory.net/heresies-and-provocation-for-a-politics-of-urban-justice/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:00:25 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41004 In search of urban heresies Wherever I glanced around Solomon’s office, I saw, plastered on the walls and spread over […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/heresies-and-provocation-for-a-politics-of-urban-justice/feed/ 0 AnthroKino – The Program https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:00:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=40800 In November and December, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a wonderful […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino/feed/ 2 A knot in the throat, or that time a gangster died of appendicitis https://allegralaboratory.net/a-knot-in-the-throat-or-that-time-a-gangster-died-of-appendicitis/ https://allegralaboratory.net/a-knot-in-the-throat-or-that-time-a-gangster-died-of-appendicitis/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:00:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=40477 Based on “Fools Banished from the Kingdom: Remapping Geographies of Gang Violence between the Americas (Los Angeles and San Salvador)” […]

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