Kinship and the Affective Politics of Citizenship in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia

1. How do Tunisian families mobilize public performances of kinship as a form of political advocacy for kin who have volunteered jihadi groups abroad?
2. How does entanglement in transnational violence transform kinship itself, producing new forms of attachment with distant kin acquired through war-time marriages, as well as kin-like solidarity among activist families?
3. What forms of integration are available to returnees from regional war zones, to facilitate their reentry into home communities?
4. What does the treatment of returnees reveal about the uneven reform of the security sector, as Tunisia prosecutes a war on terror under fragile democratic auspices?

Research is based on:
- Participant observation at demonstrations and other public events
- Semi-structured interviews at with family members of jihad volunteers, and repeated visits to their homes
- Collection and analysis of visual media, including television clips, public service announcements, films, and political cartoons.