violence Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/violence/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:42:02 +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 Over 2,100 Hours of Silence: The Battle to Speak in the Name of Iran’s People https://allegralaboratory.net/over-2100-hours-of-silence-the-battle-to-speak-in-the-name-of-irans-people/ https://allegralaboratory.net/over-2100-hours-of-silence-the-battle-to-speak-in-the-name-of-irans-people/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:42:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48379 This fieldnote examines Iran's internet shutdown — 2,100 hours accumulated over an eighty-eight-day near-total blackout, the longest documented outage in contemporary world history — not as a technical failure but as a political form.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/over-2100-hours-of-silence-the-battle-to-speak-in-the-name-of-irans-people/feed/ 0 Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal https://allegralaboratory.net/perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal/ https://allegralaboratory.net/perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48102 Mohammed El-Kurd. 2025. Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal. Chicago: Haymarket Books. “To refuse that which has been refused […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal/feed/ 0 Fight, Flight, Freeze, Film https://allegralaboratory.net/fight-flight-freeze-film/ https://allegralaboratory.net/fight-flight-freeze-film/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:39:36 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=48356 This article proposes filming as a response to threat in addition to the commonly recognised responses, fight, flight and freeze.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/fight-flight-freeze-film/feed/ 0 “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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