An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing (EASA Series)
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An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing (EASA Series)

An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing (EASA Series)

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Laura Huttunen (Contributor) Gerhild Perl (Contributor)  

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All over the world, people disappear from their families, communities and the state's bureaucratic gaze, as victims of oppressive regimes or while migrating along clandestine routes. This volume brings together scholars who engage ethnographically with such disappearances in various cultural, social and political contexts. It takes an anthropological perspective on questions about human life and death, absence and presence, rituals and mourning, liminality and structures, citizenship and personhood as well as agency and power. The chapters explore the political dimension of disappearances and address methodological, epistemological and ethical challenges of researching disappearances and the disappeared. The combination of disappearance through political violence, crime, voluntary disappearance and migration make this book a unique combination.
Laura Huttunen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Tampere University, Finland. In 2013-14 she ran a project that focused on the question of missing and disappeared persons in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 2018-2022 she led a research project with a focus on disappearances in migratory contexts.
  • Contributor: Laura Huttunen
  • Imprint: Berghahn Books
  • ISBN13: 9781805390725
  • Number of Pages: 298
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Release Date: 2023-09-15
  • Series: EASA Series
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Laura Huttunen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the Tampere University, Finland. In 2013-14 she ran a project that focused on the question of missing and disappeared persons in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 2018-2022 she led a research project with a focus on disappearances in migratory contexts.

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