De‐occupation as planetary politics
Journal: American Ethnologist
Year: 2023

Abstract Russia's attempted occupation of Ukraine informs a concept of de‐occupation in an age of 21st‐century planetary wars. The tide of war crimes committed in Ukraine is beyond dispute, having been identified by legal scholars as genocidal attempts to condemn the very foundations of livelihood. I discuss the precedents that have allowed such crimes to occur and describe how Ukrainians are trying to counter these crimes, forming a particular kind of resistance that strikes against impunity. I