Afghanistan in Context

Partis-Jennings, Hannah

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“…I do not focus specifically on war objects as in scholarship on counterinsurgency (Rubaii, 2018) and counter-terrorism studies (Partis-Jennings, 2021), nor am I only interested in post-war objects as is the case in scholarship on post-war materiality in anthropology (Navaro-Yashin, 2009) and critical military studies (Reeves, 2020). In drawing my inspiration from these studies, I contribute to this interdisciplinary literature on the affective materialities of post-conflict developments by adding gendered potentialities of everyday objects in shaping the affective atmosphere of women's markets in the post-conflict Swat.…”

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Affective materiality of women's markets: The role of objects in conflict and post-conflict settings

Khan

2023

Journal of Material Culture

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This paper explores the agentic capacities of inanimate objects and their role in shaping the affective atmospheres of women's markets in a post-conflict setting. To analyse this material affectivity, I draw on women's markets of Swat in Pakistan and the role of four selected objects including posters/notices, bras, mannequins and curtains in the generation, transmission and manipulation of affect. I ask, how objects matter in shaping the affectivity of women's markets during and after Swat's conflict? To answer this question, I draw on 36 semi-structured interviews with men traders ( N = 18) and women customers ( N = 18) along with my field notes. I found that centring our analyses upon gendered materiality of mundane objects allow us to capture nuances of unruly capacities and gendered affectivities of objects in the context of war and post-conflict environments. Moreover, my findings suggest that focussing on agentic capacities of objects enhance our understanding of the affective materiality of women's markets in the post-conflict setting.

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Affective materiality of women's markets: The role of objects in conflict and post-conflict settings

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2023

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Purpose and Power

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The Nexus of War, Violence, and Rights

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Kumar

Sinha

2023

Advances in Digital Crime, Forensics, and Cyber Terrorism

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Afghanistan is a land that is known for its war, violence, and instability. Called a rogue state, Afghanistan has been living with violence and war as part of its reality for the last four decades. The ordinary lives of civilians have been marred by violent and unwelcoming foreign involvement, invasion, and tussle for power. Afghanistan has historically been caught up between foreign powers and treated like a pawn in a larger global conflict. At different times in history, parties have tried to get control over this landlocked, strategically important country. As a result, Afghanistan has never really seen a stable, long-lasting, democratically functioning government leading it to be called the Graveyard of Empires. In its political history, it has worked like a puppet in the hands of foreign powers and has been able to function only with their support and aid. Afghanistan is a fragile state struggling to form a stable polity and clamouring for world recognition and, more importantly, support. This chapter takes the reader on a journey to war-torn Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan in Context

Abstract: Chapter one discusses the context of Afghanistan by drawing out themes and narratives which circulate around the country and have been politically and historically influential.

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