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@article{ Mojaddedi2022, title = {Ground War: Soil, Supplements, and Suffering in Afghanistan}, author = {Mojaddedi, Fatima}, journal = {EthnoScripts: Zeitschrift für aktuelle ethnologische Studien}, number = {1}, pages = {201-218}, volume = {24}, year = {2022}, issn = {2199-7942}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-8-20043}, 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; 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.}, keywords = {Afghanistan; Afghanistan; Boden; land; Krieg; war; Gewalt; violence}}