Pain, potentiality and worldmaking in the aftermath of war
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Pain falls upon us, threatening to rob us of our language. It is destructive, leaving traceable scars on our bodies and minds; it confronts us with the…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Pain falls upon us, threatening to rob us of our language. It is destructive, leaving traceable scars on our bodies and minds; it confronts us with the…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Patiently Edona explained to me, “Evil eye gets unleashed when someone thinks ‘Oh this is good, this is nice.’ It will also happen when someone thinks that…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Emotion and talk about emotion are “simultaneously embodied and discursive ways of commenting on the possibilities, limitations, frustrations, and outcomes which an individual faces …
The politics of nerves “All of us are nervoz since the war.” “How can we not feel nervoz after what we went through?” Women who had survived the…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE The activity of list-making is an eclectic process that enables us to draw on varied, fragmentary sources, and simultaneously negotiate their meaning. It allows us to admire…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE my head is split there is a stone in my stomach I am worried my neck hurts my back hurts heat moves up in my body I…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Headache Worries Sadness Blood pressure Nervousness Pain Sleeping problems Stress Back pain Impaired eyesight Heart problems Stomach pain Paralysis Neck pain Breathing problems Chest…
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE “I get nervoz a lot.” Shkurta tells me, looking out the window onto the snowy farmyard. I had meant to start small talk by asking her how…
Today is the International Day of the Disappeared. Sitting on the floor, with our backs pressed against the couch, Teuta and I watch televised pictures of hundreds of…