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Testimonial Photography and Thinking through Violence - 'we do not eat fruit because our garden was burnt'
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Abstract Two weeks prior to the complete withdrawal of the United States/NATO troops from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, the Taliban took over the country. Focusing on the airport scene, the media presented a picture of chaos and volatility, caused by the failure of the US-trained Afghan military force to pr... view more
Two weeks prior to the complete withdrawal of the United States/NATO troops from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, the Taliban took over the country. Focusing on the airport scene, the media presented a picture of chaos and volatility, caused by the failure of the US-trained Afghan military force to protect the people. Barely any mention was made of how women sustain their families and communities in everyday life, a site of my ethnographic research conducted in the fall of 2008 and 2009, respectively. To acknowledge women's survival strategies, I focus on testimonial photography, a genre that recognises that the past is present and can be collectively recalled through photographs. Photographs have their own language, motivating us to imagine alternative ways of being. Layered reading of images allows unacknowledged violence to come to light. Viewers are then motivated to engage into critical reflection.... view less
Keywords
Afghanistan; woman; violence; everyday life; Taliban; photography
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Aghan women; care economy; everyday life; testimonial photography
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 125-142
Journal
EthnoScripts: Zeitschrift für aktuelle ethnologische Studien, 24 (2022) 1
Issue topic
The Fall of Kabul 2021: Backgrounds, Effects, Resonance / Der Fall Kabuls 2021: Hintergründe, Effekte, Resonanzen
ISSN
2199-7942
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed