Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington
Caroline Bennett is a socio-cultural anthropologist, whose work addresses issues of conflict and violence. Having previously worked as a forensic anthropologist in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq, her work considers the intersection of academic analysis with practical experience to explore issues of international interventions, human rights, and geopolitics. Her current research explores mass graves from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, and considers post-conflict politics in Cambodia.
Dark tourism: why atrocity tourism is neither new nor weird
Nov 08, 2018 16:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Recently a new show appeared on my Netflix recommendations and drew my attention. Dark Tourist sells itself as a provocative and quirky documentary series, in which New Zealand journalist David Farrier visits sites...
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