On Guest-Editing Abolitions – Writing Against Abandonment: Farhaana Arefin and Dr Abeera Khan

Khan, Abeera; Arefin, Farhaana

Abstract

Ahead of our launch event on 4 July, we spoke to co-guest editors Farhaana Arefin and Dr Abeera Khan about curating, commissioning, and editing Wasafiri 118: Abolitions - Writing Against Abandonment. Our summer 2024 special issue considers abolitionist organising within and beyond our current violent climate, and the concept of abandonment as outlined by Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s as the ‘abdication of responsibility’ by capital and the state. In this interview, Arefin and Khan talk about the act of writing as a tool to situate revolutionary literature.

Citation

Khan, A., & Arefin, F. On Guest-Editing Abolitions – Writing Against Abandonment: Farhaana Arefin and Dr Abeera Khan

• Digital Artefact Type: Blog Post
• Online Publication Date: Jul 1, 2024
• Deposit Date: Dec 20, 2024
• Additional Information: Corporate Authors/Creators : Wasafiri Magazine
• External URL: https://www.wasafiri.org/content/on-guest-editing-abolitions-writing-against-abandonment/