Co-organizers: Dat Manh Nguyen, Lema Salah, Duong Vu&Omar Dewachi. Thanks to @adnanrkhan.bsky.social for the photo which was taken 2017 in #Iraq when oil wells around the town of Qayyarah were set on fire during the conflict, which burned for months. More info: www.lorentzcenter.nl/comparative-...

We approach these cases through 3 key analytical lenses, (1) environmental pollution, #remediation, and regeneration, (2) the economic and political dimensions of #warfare, and (3) the development of #legal and extra-legal frameworks of responsibility and accountability.

…and how to think through the political entanglements of our work. Ranging from work with the circus (shout out to the MMCC Global) to experiences within Sufi khanaqahs (lodges), this discussion was truly wide-ranging and fun! #Afghanistan #anthropology #circus #knowledge #sufism #mentalhealth

Check out the whole article: rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…#Minoritiese#Representationo#Marginalizationo#Necropoliticsc#Afghanistana#Anthropologygy

(3) Conparative Ethnography: The lens onto two different nomadic populations offers a comparison of political representation & their socio-political positioning+ a critical perspective onto underlying socio-cultural categories which are otherwise normalized as inherent

...landgrabbing - even of cemeteries – became a lucrative source of income and way to establish political loyalties – a process which exacerbated the position of certain minorities