Siri Lamoureaux
Biographic Data
| ID | 164819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siri Lamoureaux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siri |
| FAMILY NAME | Lamoureaux |
| SIGNATURE | LAMOUREAUX S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Siegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1004-9858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Language machines
Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies. We trace the intellectual genealogy that led linguistic anthropology to sideline such technologies, highlighting how disciplin…
Electromagnetic economies of worth
In 2017, an old satellite dish in Ghana was repurposed into a radio telescope. While highly celebrated in public, complications surrounding this conversion resulted in criticism in the African astronomy community. While 'repurposing' has been optimistically embraced in recent Science and Technology Studies literature, we challenge 'repurposing's' seemingly natural alignment with the common good, defined here as the path towards technoscientific m…
Indiscipline as Method
There is no unproblematic way to study things as “African”, yet an epistemologically situated approach based on concrete technological projects situated in Africa and their social and political implications offers an important account of the intersection of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and African Studies. We explore this perspective through the notion of “indiscipline” using the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project (SKA) based in S…
Les Parentalités en Afrique musulmane
L’étude de la famille dans le Nord de l’Afrique, et dans les sociétés musulmanes, a connu ces quinze dernières années des développements fort intéressants en raison des transformations des codes familiaux, ainsi que du déploiement de nouvelles technologies dans le domaine de la reproduction et des questions bioéthiques qui l’accompagnent (Bras, 2007 ; Bonte, Benkheira, 2009-2010 ; Clarke, 2009 ; Fortier, 2010 ; Voorhoeve, 2012 ; Benkheira et al.,…
Doing postcolonial gender
In this collection, we seek to advance contemporary discussions in postcolonial feminism and science and technology studies (STS) by examining how actors encounter binaries and norms that structure
Curating consent
This article seeks to move beyond the impasse between the anthropological tradition (that remains cautious to condemn human rights violations defined by “universal” standards), and the international community (which advocates such “universal” norms). In line with feminist anthropological work in northeast Africa that has advanced understandings of gendered agency in Islamic and patriarchal cultures, I suggest that a careful analysis of plural loc…
Fadlalla Amal H. — Branding Humanity
Those who have followed Sudan’s conflicts over the years would be hard-pressed to read yet another analysis of Sudan’s infamous “identity crisis.” Refreshingly, Fadlalla does not come at the identity problem through its “roots”—be they political, historical, environmental, as has been the preoccupation of so much previous scholarship but at its performative encounters, the highly mediatized stories of ethnic and gender violence that have carved a…
Knowledge and legitimacy
This paper examines digital mobilisation with respect to knowledge production, legitimacy and power in Sudan since new communication and surveillance technologies became widespread. Enthusiasm for digital opposition peaked with the Arab Spring and troughed through the repressive government apparatus. Social media (SMS, Facebook, Twitter) and crowdsourcing technologies can threaten the government's control over the public sphere as participatory p…
Rethinking institutional orders in Sudan Studies
All social theory emphasises that institutions universally play a crucial role in organising the ways in which people live together. At the same time the concept is vaguely defined and used in different ways. Inspired by the pragmatic sociology of critique, we emphasise how institutions enable people and things to hold together and provide important references for action in settings with limited predictability for everyday life. We first analyse …
Knowledge and legitimacy
This paper examines digital mobilisation with respect to knowledge production, legitimacy and power in Sudan since new communication and surveillance technologies became widespread. Enthusiasm for digital opposition peaked with the Arab Spring and troughed through the repressive government apparatus. Social media (SMS, Facebook, Twitter) and crowdsourcing technologies can threaten the government's control over the public sphere as participatory p…
Electromagnetic economies of worth
In 2017, an old satellite dish in Ghana was repurposed into a radio telescope. While highly celebrated in public, complications surrounding this conversion resulted in criticism in the African astronomy community. While 'repurposing' has been optimistically embraced in recent Science and Technology Studies literature, we challenge 'repurposing's' seemingly natural alignment with the common good, defined here as the path towards technoscientific m…
Rethinking institutional orders in Sudan Studies
All social theory emphasises that institutions universally play a crucial role in organising the ways in which people live together. At the same time the concept is vaguely defined and used in different ways. Inspired by the pragmatic sociology of critique, we emphasise how institutions enable people and things to hold together and provide important references for action in settings with limited predictability for everyday life. We first analyse …
Rethinking institutional orders in Sudan Studies
All social theory emphasises that institutions universally play a crucial role in organising the ways in which people live together. At the same time the concept is vaguely defined and used in different ways. Inspired by the pragmatic sociology of critique, we emphasise how institutions enable people and things to hold together and provide important references for action in settings with limited predictability for everyday life. We first analyse …
Knowledge and legitimacy
This paper examines digital mobilisation with respect to knowledge production, legitimacy and power in Sudan since new communication and surveillance technologies became widespread. Enthusiasm for digital opposition peaked with the Arab Spring and troughed through the repressive government apparatus. Social media (SMS, Facebook, Twitter) and crowdsourcing technologies can threaten the government's control over the public sphere as participatory p…
Fadlalla Amal H. — Branding Humanity
Those who have followed Sudan’s conflicts over the years would be hard-pressed to read yet another analysis of Sudan’s infamous “identity crisis.” Refreshingly, Fadlalla does not come at the identity problem through its “roots”—be they political, historical, environmental, as has been the preoccupation of so much previous scholarship but at its performative encounters, the highly mediatized stories of ethnic and gender violence that have carved a…
Indiscipline as Method
There is no unproblematic way to study things as “African”, yet an epistemologically situated approach based on concrete technological projects situated in Africa and their social and political implications offers an important account of the intersection of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and African Studies. We explore this perspective through the notion of “indiscipline” using the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project (SKA) based in S…
Les Parentalités en Afrique musulmane
L’étude de la famille dans le Nord de l’Afrique, et dans les sociétés musulmanes, a connu ces quinze dernières années des développements fort intéressants en raison des transformations des codes familiaux, ainsi que du déploiement de nouvelles technologies dans le domaine de la reproduction et des questions bioéthiques qui l’accompagnent (Bras, 2007 ; Bonte, Benkheira, 2009-2010 ; Clarke, 2009 ; Fortier, 2010 ; Voorhoeve, 2012 ; Benkheira et al.,…
Doing postcolonial gender
In this collection, we seek to advance contemporary discussions in postcolonial feminism and science and technology studies (STS) by examining how actors encounter binaries and norms that structure
Curating consent
This article seeks to move beyond the impasse between the anthropological tradition (that remains cautious to condemn human rights violations defined by “universal” standards), and the international community (which advocates such “universal” norms). In line with feminist anthropological work in northeast Africa that has advanced understandings of gendered agency in Islamic and patriarchal cultures, I suggest that a careful analysis of plural loc…
Language machines
Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies. We trace the intellectual genealogy that led linguistic anthropology to sideline such technologies, highlighting how disciplin…
Electromagnetic economies of worth
In 2017, an old satellite dish in Ghana was repurposed into a radio telescope. While highly celebrated in public, complications surrounding this conversion resulted in criticism in the African astronomy community. While 'repurposing' has been optimistically embraced in recent Science and Technology Studies literature, we challenge 'repurposing's' seemingly natural alignment with the common good, defined here as the path towards technoscientific m…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)