Call for contributions -
Allegra: A virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology (allegralaboratory.net)
is an online experiment to fill the ‘Dead Space’ that exists between
societal discussions ongoing today and the eventual scholarly
publications appearing in a few years. Allegra features texts,
suggestions, and proposals for collaboration that pushes academics to
rethink the borders of conventional academic boxes. It encourages and
facilitates exchanges across disciplines and between scholars and
artists. It promotes innovative approaches to the dissemination of
knowledge by using the full range of existing online technologies
(videos, live streams, slide shows, sound clouds) in order to rethink
the formats under which scientific knowledge is presented to the world.
Allegra seeks to trigger discussions that push the boundaries of
scholarly representations of ‘the law’ in the broadest sense. In
addition to viewing the law as a site of normative engagement, Allegra
contributors strive to examine its knowledge practices, authority
claims, notions of subjectivity and agency. Jointly, we see these
features as summarising central elements of the contemporary era as a
whole. Indeed, we envision the ‘law’ as a privileged entry point into
‘modernity’ under its various manifestations, such as (among others):
the increasing place of technologies in everyday life, the pervasive
role of measurements tools such as indicators and assessment
exercises, the ubiquitous spread of expertise and audit culture.
Allegra is currently looking for new contributors willing to share
some of their research findings or their views on the future of
anthropology and academic sholarship more broadly. We are especially
interested in:
- Fieldnotes (see samples here: http://allegralaboratory.net/search/fieldnotes)
- Essays (http://allegralaboratory.net/the-law-is-not-for-you/)
- Interviews (http://allegralaboratory.net/think-like-an-anthropologist-a-conversation-with-laura-nader/
)
- Book reviews (http://allegralaboratory.net/review-war-by-antonio-de-lauri/
)
And any other proposal that you think meets the website's purpose!
Allegra is also calling for weird ‘STUFF’ for the ALLEGRA Virtual
Museum of Obscure Fieldwork Artefacts (AVMoFA)! Join ALLEGRA in our
search for the most extravagant fieldwork artefacts to be displayed at
the AVMoFA – the only one of its kind in the WORLD!
http://allegralaboratory.net/tag/avmofa/
Send your proposals before 30th March 2014 to: [log in to unmask]
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