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Ground War: Soil, Supplements, and Suffering in Afghanistan
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Abstract This paper considers the place of the earthen ground in modern and modernist Afghan history and its relation to contemporary violence. I undertake an analysis of the place of the ground in twentieth century developmental schemes; the relationship between synthetic fertilisers and explosive devices; ... mehr
This paper considers the place of the earthen ground in modern and modernist Afghan history and its relation to contemporary violence. I undertake an analysis of the place of the ground in twentieth century developmental schemes; the relationship between synthetic fertilisers and explosive devices; and the resurgence of corporeal and social violence. By considering the role of agricultural practices - like the use of synthetic and nitrogenous fertilisers - and connecting these to the contemporary proliferation of military grade landmines and improvised explosive devices, I argue that the ground extends both conflict and corporeal destruction in unpredictable ways. Using the supplement as conceptual lens, I reveal how modern supplements introduced into the ground have become a source of the ground’s contamination and of dismembered bodies, which are themselves in need of prosthetic aid.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Afghanistan; Boden; Krieg; Gewalt
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
bodily destruction; explosives; fertiliser; ground
Sprache Dokument
Deutsch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 201-218
Zeitschriftentitel
EthnoScripts: Zeitschrift für aktuelle ethnologische Studien, 24 (2022) 1
Heftthema
The Fall of Kabul 2021: Backgrounds, Effects, Resonance / Der Fall Kabuls 2021: Hintergründe, Effekte, Resonanzen
ISSN
2199-7942
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0