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SUMMARY:Meaning in the margins: understanding grassroots histories in Afgh
 anistan - Annika Schmeding (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  (KNAW))
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251107T150000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251107T170000Z
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c3563fad-cc49-4fea-9f20-60ee08b4310c/
DESCRIPTION:Tropes like the burqa-clad woman and extremist Taliban fighter
  have become stereotypes and stand-ins for our understanding of Islam in A
 fghanistan and of extremes within Islamic interpretations writ large. Imag
 es of soldiers in desert-like mountain areas proliferate in media depictio
 ns\, casting Afghanistan in the colonial-Orientalist trope of the empty sp
 ace. What chances do ethnographic and discursive engagements offer to ackn
 owledge and unlearn these limiting discourses? Bringing several research l
 ines together\, insights from religious civil society activists\, Taliban 
 ministers and Sufi teachers\, as well as debates with nomads or environmen
 tal scientists researching war legacies offer analytical ways forward. The
  talk reflects on these emerging opportunities when taking the margins as 
 a vantage point to re-define our frames of reference.\nSpeakers:\nAnnika S
 chmeding (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW))
LOCATION:St Antony's College (Nissan Lecture Theatre)\, 62 Woodstock Road 
 OX2 6JF
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/c3563fad-cc49-4fea-9f20-60ee08b4310c/
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