A Victim's Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles: Desire Objects and Human Rights

Honorable Mention, 2025 Outstanding Book Award, Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association

Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums, exhibited to the public as material testimony in order to evok...