Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Florian Muehlfield
| Dates: | 17 February 2020 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Speaker: | Dr Florian Muehlfield |
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Social Anthropology Seminar
Monday, 17th of February 2020
Prof Florian Mühlfrield
Ilia State University, Georgia
Mistrusting the Obvious Facade Politics and their Responses in the South Caucasus
This presentation builds on ethnographic vignettes of mistrust, with the material mainly stemming from Abkhazia, a breakaway self-declared republic in the Caucasus. The largely absent international recognition of Abkhazia makes mistrust almost endemic and a crucial part of daily life. Mistrust materialises in the assumption that something is hidden behind the surface, e.g. a hidden agenda. This assumption paves the way for conspiracy theories that for their part facilitate getting along with distrusted others who cannot be avoided. Contrasting vignettes from Georgia show that mistrust towards facades may also entail the opposite assumption: that there is nothing behind. In both cases, however, mistrust is provoked by a perceived mismatch between the surface and the hidden, a perception that also feeds populist sentiments and post-truth agendas in other parts of the world.
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)
ALL WELCOME!
Speaker
Dr Florian Muehlfield
Role: Speaker
Organisation: Ilia State University
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2nd Floor Boardroom - 2.016 / 017
Arthur Lewis Building
Manchester
