Zimbabwean soldiers deployed to the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, 1998–2002) feared death and misfortune, and patrolled the landscape of this war zone largely in terms of terrain they needed to dominate. Yet these soldiers’ guns and military tactics were understood to be challenged by spirits which eventually dictated the ways in which they operated. The paper reveals how the spirited landscapes of the war shaped soldiers’ beliefs. The central analytical argument of this paper is that soldiers do not always dominate and do violence on the landscapes of war, but rather that spirits and enspirited objects can exert power over soldiers and disrupt their activities and tactics. The central belief conveyed by local Congolese civilians was that soldiers had to establish harmony with the spirits in and of the landscape, thereby creating and perpetuating spiritual authority and belonging in the war context.

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士兵，神圣的水域和风景：刚果民主共和国战争中的津巴布韦士兵（1998-2002年）

部署到刚果民主共和国战争中的津巴布韦士兵（DRC，1998-2002年）担心死亡和不幸，并主要根据他们需要统治的地形在该战区巡逻。然而，人们理解这些士兵的枪支和军事战术受到了精神的挑战，这些精神最终决定了他们的作战方式。本文揭示了战争的精神风景如何塑造了士兵的信仰。本文的中心分析论据是，士兵并不总是在战争环境中占主导地位并采取暴力行动，而是精神和精神上的物件可以对士兵施加权力并破坏其活动和战术。刚果当地平民传达的中心信念是，士兵必须与周围和周围的精神建立和谐，