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Dr
I take pride in the fact that I begun my higher education in sociology/cultural anthropology and remained consistently within the discipline of social sciences while maintaining diverse interests. My research interests begin with the mundane affairs of everyday life and end up in most weird and lesser-explored corners of existence. So be aware of the madness before coming closer.
My work concentrates on questions of subjectivity, violence, materiality and print culture. However, I maintain an academic interest in sexuality, digital presence and gender studies. I explored the question of the materiality of guns and bodies while studying militancy and militants in Lebanon. Currently, I am tracing the pleasures of violence and the convergence of the subjectivity of authors and readers within propaganda materials and state-sanctioned memoirs.
My theoretical interests are influenced by post-structuralism, critical theory and storytelling. Therefore, I designed and organize the Summer School in 'hands-on anthropology and storytelling'. You can find more information about it here https://handsonanthropology.org/ and Stories from Amsterdam.
I am also the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Politics, Religion and Ideology
At the moment I teach (this year I am not part of the 2018 teaching program at the faculty of social sciences in VU)
I am currently supervising these PhD candidates:
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Cultural Anthropology, PhD, Social and Cultural Anthropology
Award Date: 25 May 2020
Sociology, PhD, Delhi School of Economics
Award Date: 8 Apr 2016
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research VU Amsterdam, graduation VU Amsterdam
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Rob van der Laarse (Examiner)
Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
13/03/20
1 Media contribution
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26/02/20
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15/02/20
1 Media contribution
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12/11/19
1 Media contribution
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23/09/19
1 Media contribution
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