School of Social and Political Science

Description

Drawing on ethnographic portraits of law, violence, and resistance in Haiti, this talk examines what it means to live with disappointment in the law itself. In a setting marked by international interference, global capitalism, and state collapse, I focus on the unexpected ways law surfaces in ordinary life. Attending to the messy and contradictory textures of everyday experience, I trace how people encounter, evade, and rework the law in practice. Ultimately, this is a story not only about law, but about life and death—and about how life endures and makes the future worth fighting for.