This four-part webinar series, convened by Allegra in partnership with LAWNET (the EASA Network for the anthropology of law, rights and governance) brings into conversation anthropologists and scholars from related disciplines to reflect on the shifting contours of critique. It interrogates the stakes, meanings, and modalities of critique today, at a time when the very notion of critical thought is under pressure, if not outright threatened—within academia, public institutions, and the broader sphere of political discourse.
The first webinar hosted Veena Das and Jocelyn Benoist. The second webinar hosted Amira Mittermaier and Sylvain Piron. The third webinar hosted Faisal Devji and Marco Motta. The fourth webinar hosted Richard Rechtman and Simona Taliani. All webinars were recorded and can be watched here: https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/what-is-critique/