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Allegra Lab @allegralab.bsky.social · 29d

Peruse the latest book review in our series on Settler Colonialism, Borders, and Empire: our author engages with Andreas Malm's conception of technological genocide in The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth @versobooks.bsky.social

The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth - Allegra Lab

Andreas Malm. 2024. The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth. London. New York: Verso Urgency is the word that best captures

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Jul 16

The EASA Executive Committee announces the publication of Implementation Guidelines for the EASA Motion Concerning Collaborations with Israeli Academic Institutions.

Find out more and access the full Guidelines here:
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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Jul 16

@easainfo.bsky.social just released its implementation guidelines for the Motion Concerning Collaborations with Israeli Academic Institutions voted by the membership last year. Learn the concrete actions you can take to severe ties with Israeli academic institutions @allegralab.bsky.social

EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Jul 16

The EASA Executive Committee announces the publication of Implementation Guidelines for the EASA Motion Concerning Collaborations with Israeli Academic Institutions.

Find out more and access the full Guidelines here:
easaonline.org/implementati...

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Edwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social · Jul 5

Exceptionnelle enquête de @mediapart.fr sur l’islamophobie en France : depuis janvier, notre rédaction a dénombré au moins un fait islamophobe tous les deux à trois jours. www.mediapart.fr/studio/panor...

La haine : six mois d’islamophobie en France

Avant les assassinats d’Aboubakar Cissé et d’Hichem Miraoui, combien ont été agressés, discriminés, mis au ban parce que musulmans ? Quand le ministre de l’intérieur nie l’existence même de l’islamop…

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Jun 25

Fabulous new thematic thread on 'Recallibrating Syria' published on @allegralab.bsky.social. Check it out!
https://
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Recalibrating Syria Archives - Allegra Lab

‘Recalibrating Syria’ addresses the liminal moment that Syria has been going through the last two months. The contributors all engage this vibrant moment as one of recalibration, a recalibration of Sy...

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Jun 12

Recolonize anthropology!

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Recolonize Anthropology! An Epistolary Exchange on How to Save the Discipline from Obscurity

Allegra Lab has uncovered an archive of letters from 2050. In the exchange between the Anthropological Association for Liberal Imperialism Through Urban Regeneration (alitur) and the Anthropological A...

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Jun 10

@allegralab.bsky.social wrote a contribution to this spécial issue of Public Anthropologist on "Speaking out against Palestinians' Genocide". It was supposed to be a satirical piece. Not sure it is still the case now, 10 months after its initial writing...

Anthro Theory + Commons @anthrotheory.bsky.social · Jun 10

see Public Anthro's important Special Issue "On Speaking Out: Refusing Complicity with Genocide" brill.com/view/journal...

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · Jun 3

Take one minute: go to bit.ly/IsraelOnNotice and send a letter to the Israeli government, UN officials, and diplomatic missions demanding that Israel abide by international law and refrain from attacking, sabotaging or otherwise interfering with the #Madleen and her mission.

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · May 29

🎙️ New podcast episode from @GVAGrad
In this interview, @juliebillaud.bsky.social‬ talks about the importance of #academicfreedom, the challenges it faces globally, and the ways in which academics & researchers can promote and defend this essential liberty.
🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0kuI...

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · May 29

I spoke about the US-Israeli 'humanitarian' scheme in Gaza for the German TV yesterday (5'34). The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation does not meet any humanitarian standard of humanity and impartiality and only serves to distract our attention from the ongoing genocide.

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Scenes of chaos: Israeli troops fire shots as crowd scrambles for food at new Gaza aid hub | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · May 28

I watched fellow anthropologist Prof. Dr. @juliebillaud.bsky.social speak live on @news.dw.com this morning on #Gaza and why the current 'aid‘ scheme does by no means meet any standards of #humanitarianism.
You can watch her again at 1pm CET today here: www.dw.com/en/live-tv/c...

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · May 27

www.deutschlandfunk.de/gaza-humanit... mit Kommentar von Prof. Dr. @juliebillaud.bsky.social

„Gaza Humanitarian Foundation“ – Dubiose Genfer Stiftung will Hilfe organisieren

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Research Office @gvagrad-research.bsky.social · May 20

📸 The winners of our #PhotoCompetition are:
🏆 Luisa.Lupo, Public Prize – TRACES OF VIOLENCE
🎖️ Nora.Doukkali, Jury Prize – STOLEN TIME
👉 shorturl.at/M8umu

Thanks to all 26 participants, the 580 voters, and the jury:
@juliebillaud.bsky.social, Tobias.Marshall, Antoine.Tardy, @elenabutti.bsky.social

RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID

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Allegra Lab @allegralab.bsky.social · May 14

"Citing creative work well—citing it with care—requires a relational approach. To name a creative piece is not enough. We must let it speak inside our work, shift our tone, fracture our arguments, delay our conclusions." #CreativeAnthropology allegralaboratory.net/beyond-the-f...

Beyond the Footnote: Citation as Disruption in Creative Anthropology - Allegra Lab

Why We Need to Talk about Referencing Creative Work “I SUPPOSE you’ll manage.” Chubby Sr. García, the regional military liaison with far too much

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Allegra Lab @allegralab.bsky.social · May 13

Come gather with us for another AnthroKino in which we’ll watch Open Unit by Paul Antick. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
When? Jun 5th 2025 12:30 CEST
Where? us06web.zoom.us/.../register...
More info: allegralaboratory.net/anthrokino-o...

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Edwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social · May 9

En 2022, le ministre de l’intérieur et candidat à la présidence de LR a bénéficié, grâce à un sénateur millionnaire, de luxueux bureaux sur les Champs-Élysées, sans trace de paiement ni déclaration dans ses comptes de campagne, ce qui est interdit.
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Bruno Retailleau s’est fait offrir son QG de campagne sur les Champs-Élysées

En 2022, lors de sa première campagne pour la présidence du parti Les Républicains, l’actuel ministre de l’intérieur a bénéficié, grâce à un sénateur millionnaire, de luxueux bureaux donnant sur la p…

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · May 7

New editorial out in which we, @allegralab.bsky.social editorial collective, discuss what collective action should look like in today's authoritarian world...
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Collective Thinking, Collective Action - Allegra Lab

Our students and colleagues often raise the question of what ‘resistance’ should look like in the current moment (in case this is being read in the future

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Elena Butti 🍉 @elenabutti.bsky.social · May 6

📸 The Geneva Graduate Institute is holding a research photo competition!

🤓 And I have the honor of being part of the jury - with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, Antoine Tardy, and Tobias Marschall.

💡 You can view the portfolios here shorturl.at/75aqX

📥 and vote your top 3 here shorturl.at/rVNj0

RESEARCH PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE GENEVA GRADUATE INSTITUTE | IHEID

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · May 3

Hugues Jallon - Le Temps des salauds

Comment le fascisme devient réel

À paraître en septembre chez Divergences

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Allegra Lab @allegralab.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hot off the press at Allegra Lab, @andreaboccardi.bsky.social 's review of Sidney Xu Lu's new book on the entanglement of settler colonial practices between Japan and Brazil refutes the Manichean divide between the West and the Rest: allegralaboratory.net/collaborativ... @ucpress.bsky.social

Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the age of empires - Allegra Lab

Sidney Xu Lu. 2025. Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires. Oakland: University of California Press. Sidney

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Apr 30

#AcademicFreedom is the right to say everything but not anything. It is based on the rejection of bullshit. It only exists when it is actively practiced in the everyday. Refusing bullshit and telling the truth is practicing academic freedom.

Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · Apr 30

#Academicfreedom is under threat. Why does it matter, and how can we protect it?

@danjgraham.bsky.social talks with @juliebillaud.bsky.social, anthropologist and advocate for academic rights, in our latest podcast.

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Working Group on Human Rights and #AcademicFreedom of @easainfo.bsky.social is organising a community check-in event on May 23 from 12 to 1pm CET. If you want to report an issue or get some information or advice, join us on line! www.easaonline.org/news/community

EASA Community Check-in

Invitation for the Community Check-in zoom event

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Apr 23

In this interview, I talk about the importance of #academicfreedom, the challenges it faces globally, and the ways in which academics & researchers can promote and defend this essential liberty. @gvagrad.bsky.social @easainfo.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0kuI...

Academic Freedom Under Fire: Why It Matters and How to Protect It

Graduate Institute What Matters Today · Episode

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Julie Billaud @juliebillaud.bsky.social · Apr 17

I am hiring a PhD researcher! Join our international team of Social scientists and take part in an exciting collaborative research project that seeks to push interdisciplinary boundaries in innovative ways!

Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · Apr 17

@juliebillaud.bsky.social is hiring a PhD researcher with an anthropology, sociology, STS or Political Sciences (with ethnographic fieldwork experience) background for her 4-year SNF funded project on Digital Humanitarianism (shorturl.at/SLzUC) at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

👉 shorturl.at/H7CGZ

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · Apr 15

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