violence Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/violence/ 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 violence Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/violence/ 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 Go to Palestine—And Go with All Your Heart https://allegralaboratory.net/go-to-palestine-and-go-with-all-your-heart/ https://allegralaboratory.net/go-to-palestine-and-go-with-all-your-heart/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:54:14 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47091 Settler colonial terror in a question Amidst arranging a backpack with her family during a short trip away, an inquisitive […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/go-to-palestine-and-go-with-all-your-heart/feed/ 0 Anti-heroines and Oman’s revolutionary afterlives https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-and-omans-revolutionary-afterlives/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-and-omans-revolutionary-afterlives/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46844 Images of female fighters in liberation movements from the global south have a wide appeal as symbols of radical social emancipation and iconic revolutionary heroines.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-and-omans-revolutionary-afterlives/feed/ 0 «Please don’t scroll»: Social Media as Humanitarian Communication in Gaza https://allegralaboratory.net/please-dont-scroll-social-media-as-humanitarian-communication-in-gaza/ https://allegralaboratory.net/please-dont-scroll-social-media-as-humanitarian-communication-in-gaza/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:28:32 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46507 Since October 2023, I have been exposed to images and videos from Gaza that I will never forget. Although I […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/please-dont-scroll-social-media-as-humanitarian-communication-in-gaza/feed/ 0 The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe https://allegralaboratory.net/the-killing-of-gaza-reports-on-a-catastrophe/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-killing-of-gaza-reports-on-a-catastrophe/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46622 Gideon Levy. 2024. The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe. New York: Verso. In The Killing of Gaza: Reports on […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-killing-of-gaza-reports-on-a-catastrophe/feed/ 0 Humanitarianism Hijacked: Israel’s instrumentalization of the humanitarian space https://allegralaboratory.net/humanitarianism-hijacked-israels-instrumentalization-of-the-humanitarian-space/ https://allegralaboratory.net/humanitarianism-hijacked-israels-instrumentalization-of-the-humanitarian-space/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:10:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46284 In November 2023, during the first phase of the genocide in Gaza, I published a text in Allegra Lab, asking […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/humanitarianism-hijacked-israels-instrumentalization-of-the-humanitarian-space/feed/ 0 Reading Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine in Times of Genocide https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-elastic-empire-refashioning-war-through-aid-in-palestine-in-times-of-genocide/ https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-elastic-empire-refashioning-war-through-aid-in-palestine-in-times-of-genocide/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46161 Lisa Bhungalia. 2023. Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Israel kills 59 Palestinians in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/reading-elastic-empire-refashioning-war-through-aid-in-palestine-in-times-of-genocide/feed/ 0 Pillaging Palestine: Policy, Property, and Plunder in the Creation of the State of Israel https://allegralaboratory.net/pillaging-palestine-policy-property-and-plunder-in-the-creation-of-the-state-of-israel/ https://allegralaboratory.net/pillaging-palestine-policy-property-and-plunder-in-the-creation-of-the-state-of-israel/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46153 Adam Raz, 2024. Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property. New York: Verso. Adam Raz’s Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property is a […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/pillaging-palestine-policy-property-and-plunder-in-the-creation-of-the-state-of-israel/feed/ 0 Holding Space: On Risk, Rupture, and Rebuilding Academia Otherwise  https://allegralaboratory.net/holding-space-on-risk-rupture-and-rebuilding-academia-otherwise/ https://allegralaboratory.net/holding-space-on-risk-rupture-and-rebuilding-academia-otherwise/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45700 I want to begin not with theory, but with a moment.  It is early June 2016, and I am in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/holding-space-on-risk-rupture-and-rebuilding-academia-otherwise/feed/ 0 The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45601 Andreas Malm. 2024. The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth. London. New York: Verso Urgency is the word that […]

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