Dark Anthropology, Migrants and Others

Bobby Luthra Sinha is Deputy Director of the Centre for Asian, African and Latin American Studies (CAALAS) at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.Nirmala Devi Gopal is Head of Criminology and Forensic Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Annapurna Devi Pandey is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Ashutosh Kumar is Professor of History at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

• 1. Dark Anthropology, Migrants and Others: Of Vulnerable Communities, Solidarities and Challenges to Nation-States 2. Reimagining Vulnerability beyond `Dark`: Can the Marginalised Inform Research and Policy? Part I: Persistent Challenges of the Vulnerable and the Othered 3. “Dark” Narratives of Venezuelan Migrants in Trinidad and Tobago: Rethinking Identity Politics and Social Movements 4. Personal Histories: The Challenges and Struggles of Indian H-1 B and H-4 Visa Holders in USA 5. Ecology, Environment and the Defender Communities under Threat: Of Survival and Resistance Part II: State Policies and the Vulnerable 6. A Historical and Contemporary Overview of ‘Dark Ethnography and Othering’ of a Minority: The Situation of South Africans of Indian Origin 7. Venezuelan Migration to Trinidad: A Study on Crime, Gangs and Violent Extremism 8. Exploring Nigerian Migrants’/Nationals’ Experiences of Violence, Safety, and Security in Durban, South Africa Part III: Rethinking the Issues of the Vulnerable in Face of Everyday Solidarities and Community Actions 9. Solidarity as an Identity element: Perspectives from Argentina 10. Whose Crisis? Between Othering and Solidarity During the So-called Refugee Crisis in Europe 11. Patriarchy: Gujarati Migrant Brides in Durban, South Africa 12. Reflective Process on Self-identity and Migration: What Makes Me, Me?