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Anthropology of Death and Violence

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Giorgia Mirto

PhD Student

Research Interests

Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism
Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory
Text, Translation, Writing, Aesthetics
Museums, Archives, Practices of Memory
War, Nationalism, Displacement, Trauma
Affect and Emotions
Criminalization, Policing, Law and Society
Anthropology of Death and Violence
Migration and Border Studies

Dissertation / Thesis Title

The Political Life of Border Death in South Italy
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