Open AccessCRITICAL SECURITY AND ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
Author(s) -
DARDIRY GIULIA EL,
HERMEZ SAMI
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cultural anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.669
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1548-1360
pISSN - 0886-7356
DOI - 10.14506/ca35.2.01
Subject(s) - ethnography , storytelling , commodity , middle east , meaning (existential) , refugee , state (computer science) , sociology , perspective (graphical) , narrative , politics , political science , gender studies , anthropology , law , literature , epistemology , economics , art , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , market economy , visual arts
This colloquy takes the Middle East region as a starting point from which to explore a contrapuntal concept of security that is subverted from its original meaning and captured from the state. The essays follow the lives of revolutionary youth, doctors, commodity traders, refugees, and spies to examine their experiences of (in)security. In doing so, the essays deploy storytelling and other ethnographic forms to think of the political economy, emotions, flows, and ethics of security from the perspective of those living‐in‐crisis.