Waiting - A Project in Conversation (Culture & Theory) - Softcover

Shahram Khosravi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3837654583 ISBN 13: 9783837654585

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, 2021

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Shahram Khosravi is a professor of anthropology at Stockholm University. His research interests include the anthropology of Iran, forced displacement, border studies, and temporality. He has been an active writer in the international press. He is a co-founder of Critical Border Studies, a network for scholars, artists and activists to interact.

Edition details

• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837654583
• ISBN 13: 9783837654585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Shahram Khosravi