Volume 17 of PlatForum: Journal of Graduate Students in Anthropology (UVic) is now out

ANNOUNCEMENT: Volume 17 of PlatForum: Journal of Graduate Students in Anthropology (UVic) is now out!

Vol. 17: ANTHROPOLOGIES OF THE ABJECT

TOC:

INTRODUCTION: AMPLIFYING THE ABJECT
*LUKE KERNAN, REBECCA DUERKSEN, & JENNA HENDRICK*

~ PART I: ABJECT ANALYSES ~

BEING LEFT IN A RIGHT-HANDED WORLD: THEORIZING THE POSITION OF THE LEFT HAND IN CONTEMPORARY WESTERN SOCIETIES
*SAMANTHA WAUTHIER*

FACING THE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENT: THE PRECARIOUS LIFE OF ASYLUM SEEKERS ENTERING CANADA THROUGH THE US
*LESLIE VESELY*

DONALD TRUMP: WHITE HOT THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
*STEPHANIE ARLT*

~ PART II: ABJECT ARTFORMS ~

DEAD AND BURIED – ABJECTION AND COTARD'S SYNDROME
*VERITY CLAYTON*

DEATH-WISHES, LIARS, AND A WITCH’S COIL
*SABRINA SCOTT*

(WITNESSING THE) ASKING FOR SEX IN A HOLY TOWN IN KARNATAKA
*BECCA CAMPBELL*

MY FIRST GRADUATE PHILOSOPHY COURSE
*MAR’YANA FISHER*