Gerhild Perl
Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Trier, Germany, specialized in death during migration across the Spanish-Moroccan Sea.
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Mar 10, 2024 • 1h 8min
Laura Huttunen and Gerhild Perl, "An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing" (Berghahn Books, 2023)
Anthropologists delve into the complexities of disappearance worldwide, focusing on political, emotional, and cultural impacts. They explore the political dimension of disappearances, ethical challenges, and methodologies. The discussion encompasses personal experiences, activism, and the lingering presence of the disappeared within communities.
Mar 10, 2024 • 1h 8min
Laura Huttunen and Gerhild Perl, "An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing" (Berghahn Books, 2023)
Scholars explore disappearances in different cultural contexts, addressing human life, rituals, citizenship, and agency. The podcast delves into methodological challenges and ethical considerations of researching disappearances. It discusses the political urgency of terms in conflict anthropology and the role of imagination in coping with disappearances. The complexity of disappearance as a social phenomenon, grief, loss, and alternative ways of knowing are also examined.
