What is critique? A conversation between Veena Das // Jocelyn Benoist (1)
What is critique, and what might it still accomplish? This question serves as the point of departure for a series of […] The post What is critique? A conversation…
What is critique, and what might it still accomplish? This question serves as the point of departure for a series of […] The post What is critique? A conversation…
In this final episode, the conversation turns to advocacy – what it means to do it from within a country shaped […] The post Advocacy appeared first on Allegra…
In this episode, the conversation turns to the structural conditions that make the backway feel like the only viable option […] The post (Neo)colonialism appeared first on Allegra…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Elisabeth Boston. Elisabeth is the Refugee policy officer at UCLouvain in Belgium. They speak about Access2University (A2U), a programme…
In this episode, YAIM members describe how they kept their sanity inside Tariq al Sikka through music, shared prayers, and […] The post Return appeared first on Allegra…
In this episode, YAIM members recount their experience of detention in Tariq al Sikka, one of Libya’s official detention centers, […] The post Detention appeared first on Allegra…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Svitlana are speak with Marie-Christine Ukelo-Mbolo Merga about Perspectives AlterEgauZ* at the University of Fribourg. The post Perspectives AlterEg…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Paul O’Keefe. Paul worked for many years at in Kakkuma refugee camp in Kenya, including for the University of…
In this episode YAIM members retrace their perilous backway journey towards Europe in 2016/2017, across West African borders into Libya, highlighting the systemic […] The post JOU…
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Monica are speaking about the various Initiatives for Refugees at University of Cologne with Ariane Elshof. Ariane works in the…
Allegra Lab · Education Pathways Ireland at The University of Galway with Andrew Flaus A transcript with links and references […] The post Education Pathways Ireland at The…
The second episode explores the material and symbolic motivations for Gambian youth choosing the backway to Europe, contrasting the modern, […] The post SEMESTERS appeared first on Allegra…
Allegra Lab · The Hilde Domin Training Programme at University of Konstanz with Judith Beyer and Leila Dedial This is […] The post The Hilde Domin Training Programme…
Settler colonial terror in a question Amidst arranging a backpack with her family during a short trip away, an inquisitive […] The post Go to Palestine—And Go with…
Introduction This essay is an inquiry into projects, the model of agency that projects presuppose, and the limits of that […] The post Projects and Anti-Projects appeared first…
What lies ahead?Reimagining the world. Only that.– Arundhati Roy, Azadi On 11 November 2024, I sat in the audience at […] The post Radical Friendship and Anti-Heroic Practice:…
Positioning the “anti-hero*ine” framework In this short piece, I explore Chrysanthi and Elektra, two street-level bureaucrats I encountered during my fieldwork, who used […] The p…
Introduction: Morality and power in humanitarian honors The arrival of hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Europe nearly a […] The post In the grey zone of…
This thematic thread considers the figure of the anti-hero/anti-heroine and the lens of anti-heroism, and proposes a heuristic reformulation, the […] The post Anti-hero*ines of international soc…
“What happened to the women who fought for the revolution?” This question has frequently come up when I have been […] The post Anti-hero*ines and Oman’s revolutionary afterlives…
Backway to Europe is a podcast series produced in collaboration with Gambian advocates and activists. It centers their analyses of […] The post 1: VISA appeared first on…
This article examines the social media use of Gazans since the Israeli military offensive following 7 October 2023. Based on […] The post «Please don’t scroll»: Social Media…
In November 2023, during the first phase of the genocide in Gaza, I published a text in Allegra Lab, asking […] The post Humanitarianism Hijacked: Israel’s instrumentalization of the humanitaria…
While thinking optimistically about politics is never wise, it is impossible not to share in the euphoria of Syrians for […] The post Syria in the Moment appeared…