A Mesopotamian Rhapsody: "And thou wind blow our memories in thy dust"

Show notes

Dr. Sana Chavoshian is an anthropologist working for several years on war environments in Iran and more recently in Iraq. Before joining ZMO in 2021, she was a junior researcher at the Centre for Advanced Studies, “Multiple Secularities” in Leipzig for five years and currently holds a fellowship at Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Cultural Practices of Reparation” at the University of Saarland. Her book “Women, Martyrs and Stones in Iran’s Postwar Politics” will appear early 2025 by Edinburgh University Press. In this episode, Sana speaks about her current project on dust-winds in the Mesopotamian Marshlands at the southern borders of Iraq and Iran. How can dust be studied by an anthropologist? And what is the connection between the dust-winds and international sanctions on Iran?