Waiting - A Project in Conversation
1st Edition
Published on 12. January 2021
190 pages
978-3-8394-5458-9 (ISBN)
Description
Waiting is an inescapable part of life in modern societies. We all wait, albeit differently and for different reasons. What does it mean to wait for a long period of time? How do people narrate their waiting? Waiting is about the senses. If you do not sense it, there is no waiting. We sense waiting in the form of boredom, despair, anxiety and restlessness, but also anticipation and hope. Prolonged waiting is like insomnia - a state of wakefulness, a kind of mood, an emotional state. But it is also about politics; affecting and affected by gender, citizenship, class, and race.Blending ethnography, philosophy, poetry, art, and fiction, this book is a collection of works by scholars, visual artists, writers, architects and curators, exploring different forms of waiting in diverse geographical contexts, and the enduring effects of history, power, class, and coloniality.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bielefeld
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
47
20 s/w Abbildungen, 27 farbige Abbildungen
17 SW-Abbildungen, 34 Farbabbildungen
File size
16,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-8394-5458-9 (9783839454589)
DOI
10.14361/9783839454589
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Shahram Khosravi
Waiting - A Project in Conversation
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01/2021
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Person
Shahram Khosravi is a professor of social anthropology at Stockholm University. His research interests include anthropology of Iran and the Middle East, migration, forced displacement, and border studies.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Prelude I. The Weight of Waiting
- Prelude II. Stolen Time
- Prelude III. Waiting among Dead Trees
- Prelude IV. Standing in Line
- Contributors
