Panayiota Agrotou-Jraige


Panayiota Agrotou-Jraige Entered 2009 pa4yt@virginia.edu
Cultural Anthropology Regional Focus: Europe, Middle East, Cyprus. Topical interests: Power, conflict, violence, narrative, space, and identity formation My research is on Cyprus, where the enduring ethnic conflict that divides the island has entered into a “European” phase with the island’s partial accession into the EU. I am interested in how the state(s) in Cyprus become visible in contests over the meanings of space, including state sanctioned monuments, natural landscapes and landmarks, and the apparatus of the border itself. How do these evoke and confirm for people particular histories that play a role in the conflict?

Entered 2009
pa4yt@virginia.edu

Cultural Anthropology

Regional Focus: Europe, Middle East, Cyprus.

Topical interests: Power, conflict, violence, narrative, space, and identity formation

My research is on Cyprus, where the enduring ethnic conflict that divides the island has entered into a “European” phase with the island’s partial accession into the EU. I am interested in how the state(s) in Cyprus become visible in contests over the meanings of space, including state sanctioned monuments, natural landscapes and landmarks, and the apparatus of the border itself. How do these evoke and confirm for people particular histories that play a role in the conflict?