The list of dark subtexts seems endless: from unform and uncolor over depression and anger to problematic notions of race and skin color. With anthropological perspectives you can approach darkness across a wide range of connotations without necessarily trying to pinpoint its essence, definition or boundaries but instead try to grasp how darkness has been mobilized by people, theories and political movements throughout history. Mankind has always been driven by the urge to explore the farthest, darkest corners of our realities, but maybe we don’t need to know all those things? Maybe darkness is for mystery?