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Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Zoe Cormack - African Studies, University of Oxford

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Dates:1 October 2018
Times:16:00 - 18:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:School of Social Sciences
Speaker:Dr Zoe Cormack
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Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 1st October 2018

Dr Zoe Cormack – African Studies Centre – The University Of Oxford

Life and death in a UN ‘Protection of Civilians’ site in war-time South Sudan

At the outbreak of the current civil war (2013-present) in South Sudan, the United Nations opened its gates to tens of thousands of civilians who were targeted in violence across the country. Intended as a temporary ‘last resort’ to save lives, these Protection of Civilians (POC) sites have existed for the past five years and are now home to 200,000 people living in precarious conditions. Based on 5 months of ethnographic research in Juba POC site (part of a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship), this paper focuses on funerary cultures and practices of commemoration there, exploring the meaning and motivations behind funeral practice in displacement. Despite extreme hardships, funerals and commemorative events are daily occurrences in the POC, and they take up considerable amounts of energy and resources. I ask what this reveals about the relationship between death, time and uncertainty during ‘crisis’. I argue that within the humanitarian ‘crisis temporality’ of the POC, funerals are spaces which allow displaced people to articulate alternative idioms of continuity and community self-care. For bereaved families, commemorative events are opportunities to craft an appropriate future for the deceased and reaffirm relationships of responsibility between the living and the dead which have been strained by civil war.

Second Floor Boardroom 2.016 / 017 Arthur Lewis Building Time 4:15 to 6:00pm (Tea and coffee available outside the room from 4:00pm)

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Dr Zoe Cormack

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