Memory And Securitization In Contemporary Europe

Author : Vlad Strukov,Victor Apryshchenko
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349952694

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Memory and Securitization in Contemporary Europe by Vlad Strukov,Victor Apryshchenko Pdf

The volume is the first study to explore the intersection of memory and securitisation in the European context. By analysing a variety of practices ranging from film to art and new media, the book expands the existing theoretical framework of securitisation. The authors consider memory as a precondition for contemporary integration projects such as the European Union, and also showcase how memory is used to stage international conflicts. Following this memory-securitisation nexus, the European Union, and Europe more generally, emerges as an on-going cultural, political and social project. The book also examines developments outside the EU such as the conflict in Ukraine and the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, which, the authors argues, have a profound impact on Europe. From a consideration of historical contexts such as national referenda the discussion proceeds to media and film analysis, artistic practice and more transient phenomena such as climate change.

Author : Lina Klymenko,Marco Siddi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031151941

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Historical Memory and Foreign Policy by Lina Klymenko,Marco Siddi Pdf

This book explores the uses of the past in foreign policy-making. It outlines why and how political leaders refer to historical events in contemporary foreign policy discourses; the goals they hope to achieve; and the sometimes unintended foreign policy consequences of their (ab)use of historical memory. Furthermore, it looks at how political leaders shape domestic collective memories in pursuit of their international agendas, and highlight historical events leaders forget, reinterpret or obscure through selective narratives. The chapters explore a variety of theoretical concepts that shed light on how memory and foreign policy are linked in a complex and reciprocal way. The following mechanisms are discussed: the application of historical analogies; the construction of historical narratives; the creation of memory sites; the marginalisation and forgetting of the past; and the securitisation of historical memory. Through the use of a number of methodological approaches (such as discourse analysis, narrative analysis and content analysis of securitising moves) and a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data (newspaper articles, policy documents, commemorative speeches, interviews with policymakers and the observation of memory sites), the contributions highlight the interdependence of the international, national, regional and local dimensions of memory practices and history writing. Although they mostly focus on national case studies of foreign policy-making, they also reveal how representations of historical events evolve through interaction between political actors at the international level of analysis. The collection originated in the section entitled ‘Exploring the Link between Historical Memory and Foreign Policy’ at the annual Pan-European Conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA) 2018 held in Prague, the Czech Republic.

Author : Ksenia Robbe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110707908

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Remembering Transitions by Ksenia Robbe Pdf

This volume offers critical perspectives on memories of political and socioeconomic ‘transitions’ that took place between the 1970s and 1990s across the globe and that inaugurated the end of the Cold War. The essays respond to a wealth of recent works of literature, film, theatre, and other media in different languages that rethink the transformations of those decades in light of present-day crises. The authors scrutinize the enduring silences produced by established frameworks of memory and time and explore the mnemonic practices that challenge these frameworks by positing radical ambivalence or by articulating new perspectives and subjectivities. As a whole, the volume contributes to current debates and theory-making in critical memory studies by reflecting on how the changing recollection of transitions constitutes a response to the crisis of memory and time regimes, and how remembering these times as crises renders visible continuities between this past and the present. It is a valuable resource for academics, students, practitioners, and general readers interested in exploring the dynamics of memory in post-authoritarian societies.

Author : Branco Di Fátima,Allen Munoriyarwa,Anne Gilliland,Aondover Eric Msughter,Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú,Ebru Gökaliler,Edson Capoano,Huizi Yu,İnanç Alikılıç,Juan-Manuel González-Aguilar,Lida Tsene,Lizhou Fan,Macarena Parejo-Cuéllar,Mine Gencel Bek,Muluken Asegidew Chekol,Mykola Makhortykh,Özlem Alikılıç,Patricia de-Casas-Moreno,Tiago Lapa,Vinicius Prates,Vítor de Sousa
Publisher : Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789978776643

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Hate Speech on Social Media: A Global Approach by Branco Di Fátima,Allen Munoriyarwa,Anne Gilliland,Aondover Eric Msughter,Arantxa Vizcaíno-Verdú,Ebru Gökaliler,Edson Capoano,Huizi Yu,İnanç Alikılıç,Juan-Manuel González-Aguilar,Lida Tsene,Lizhou Fan,Macarena Parejo-Cuéllar,Mine Gencel Bek,Muluken Asegidew Chekol,Mykola Makhortykh,Özlem Alikılıç,Patricia de-Casas-Moreno,Tiago Lapa,Vinicius Prates,Vítor de Sousa Pdf

This book explores the nature of hate speech on social media. Readers will find chapters written by 21 authors from 18 universities or research centers. It includes researchers from 11 countries, prioritizing a diversity of approaches from the Global North and Global South – Brazil, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Germany, Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the USA. The analyses herein involve the realities in an even larger number of countries, given the transnational approach of some of these studies. One can find a preview of the chapters at the beginning of the book, with abstracts organized in a separate section. It is evident that the authors study the impact of recent events on hate speech – the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia- Ukraine war, the refugee crisis – and recurrent attacks on minority groups such as women, immigrants, or the LGBTQ+ community. The authors employ classic and digital research methods, using quantitative and qualitative data gathered from platforms like Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. As a result, readers will encounter taxonomic proposals, new methodological approaches, theoretical frameworks, and mapping of behavioral patterns.

Author : Stefan Jonsson,Julia Willén
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317438151

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Austere Histories in European Societies by Stefan Jonsson,Julia Willén Pdf

In recent years European states have turned toward more austere political regimes, entailing budget cuts, deregulation of labour markets, restrictions of welfare systems, securitization of borders and new regimes of migration and citizenship. In the wake of such changes, new forms of social inclusion and exclusion appear that are justified through a reactivation of differences of race, class and gender. Against this backdrop, this collection investigates contemporary understandings of history and cultural memory. In doing so, the reader will join the leading European contributors of this title in examining how crisis and decline in contemporary Europe trigger a selective forgetting and remodelling of the past. Indeed, Austere Histories in European Societies breaks new paths in scholarship by synthesising and connecting current European debates on migration, racism and multiculturalism. In addition to this, the authors present debates on cultural memory and the place of the colonial legacy within an extensive comparative framework and across the boundaries of the humanities and social sciences. This book will appeal to scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities, particularly in European studies, memory studies, sociology, postcolonial studies, migration studies, European history, cultural policy, cultural heritage, economics and political theory.

Author : Fareed Ben-Youssef
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781438489285

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No Jurisdiction by Fareed Ben-Youssef Pdf

No Jurisdiction interweaves autobiography and analysis to explore how a disabled American of French-Arab descent justifies his love for the (super)heroes who destroy brown people like himself. Framing Hollywood genre films as a key to understanding a crisis-filled world shaped by the global War on Terror, Fareed Ben-Youssef shows how, in response to 9/11, filmmakers and lawmakers mobilized iconic characters—the cowboy, the femme fatale, and the superhero—to make sense of our traumas and inspire new legal landscapes. The competing visions of power produced in this dialogue between Hollywood entertainment and mainstream politics underscore genre cinema's multivalent purpose: to normalize state violence and also to critique it. Chapters devoted to the Western, film noir, superhero movies, and global films that deploy and comment on these genres offer compelling readings of films ranging from the more apparent (The Dark Knight, Sicario, and Logan) to the more unexpected (Sin City, Adieu Gary, The Broken Circle Breakdown, and Tokyo Sonata). Through narratives of states of emergency that include vaguely defined enemies, obscured battlefield boundaries, and blurred lines between victims and perpetrators, a new post-9/11 film canon emerges. No Jurisdiction is a deeply personal work of film scholarship, arguing that we can face our complicity and discover opportunities for resistance through our beloved genre movies.

Author : Holger Mölder,Vladimir Sazonov,Archil Chochia,Tanel Kerikmäe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030739553

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The Russian Federation in Global Knowledge Warfare by Holger Mölder,Vladimir Sazonov,Archil Chochia,Tanel Kerikmäe Pdf

This book examines Russian influence operations globally, in Europe, and in Russia’s neighboring countries, and provides a comprehensive overview of the latest technologies and forms of strategic communication employed in hybrid warfare. Given the growing importance of comprehensive information warfare as a new and rapidly advancing type of international conflict in which knowledge is a primary target, the book examines Russia’s role in Global Knowledge Warfare. The content is divided into three parts, the first of which addresses conceptual issues such as the logic of information warfare, the role of synthetic media, and Russia’s foreign policy concepts, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on influence operations. The second part analyzes technological, legal and strategic challenges in modern hybrid warfare, while the third focuses on textual, cultural and historical patterns in information warfare, also from various regional (e.g. the Western Balkans, Romania, Ukraine, and the Baltic) perspectives. The book is primarily intended for scholars in the fields of international relations, security and the military sciences who are interested in Russian foreign policy and influence operations, but also their impact on the global security environment.

Author : Huub van Baar,Angéla Kóczé
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789206432

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The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe by Huub van Baar,Angéla Kóczé Pdf

Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of increasing anti-migrant and anti-Roma sentiment, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial, cultural and gender studies to art history, feminist critique and anthropology, the contributors reflect on the extent to which a politics of identity regarding historically disadvantaged, racialized minorities such as the Roma can still be legitimately articulated.

Author : Michael Lithgow,Michèle Martin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780228019756

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Eyewitness Textures by Michael Lithgow,Michèle Martin Pdf

News coverage today is an emerging collaboration between the general public and professional journalists. News consumers have come to expect and demand the unprecedented immediacy of experience and coverage of breaking news offered by photographs, video clips, audio recordings, tweets, commentary: content created by ordinary citizens. The use of user-generated content is a salient aspect of how journalists and news organizations are responding to technological changes in the twenty-first century. Eyewitness Textures examines the far-reaching changes in journalism spurred by the growing importance of user-generated content. Bringing together the voices and experiences of professional journalists and academic researchers from across five continents, this collection explores news production practices, changing skills among editors and journalists, and corporate and newsroom restructuring. Chapters by practitioners collectively reflect the newsroom experiences of major global media organizations, while the academic contributions address issues of industrial transformation, political influence, truth and verification, aesthetics, and ideological implications. Both perspectives combine to deepen our understanding of what constitutes the conditions and creation of good journalism, as well as the implications of how the profession should be taught to future journalists. Tracing recent shifts in journalism practice around the world, Eyewitness Textures examines the creative adaptation and strategies of journalists and news organizations in the face of transformative technological change.

Author : Adela Coman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031613128

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Social Computing and Social Media by Adela Coman Pdf

Author : Andy Byford,Connor Doak,Stephen Hutchings
Publisher : Transnational Modern Languages
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : National characteristics, Russian
ISBN : 9781789620870

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Transnational Russian Studies by Andy Byford,Connor Doak,Stephen Hutchings Pdf

Transnational Russian Studies offers an approach to understanding Russia based on the idea that language, society and culture do not neatly coincide, but should be seen as flows of meaning across ever-shifting boundaries. Our book moves beyond static conceptions of Russia as a discrete nation with a singular language, culture, and history. Instead, we understand it as a multinational society that has perpetually redefined Russianness in reaction to the wider world. We treat Russian culture as an expanding field, whose sphere of influence transcends the geopolitical boundaries of the Russian Federation, reaching as far as London, Cape Town, and Tehran. Our transnational approach to Russian Studies generates new perspectives on the history of Russian culture and its engagements with, and transformation by, other cultures. The volume thereby simultaneously illuminates broader conceptions of the transnational from the perspective of Russian Studies. Over twenty chapters, we provide case studies based on original research, treating topics that include Russia's imperial and postcolonial entanglements; the paradoxical role that language plays in both defining culture in national terms, and facilitating transnational communication; the life of things 'Russian' in the global arena; and Russia's positioning in the contemporary globalized world. Our volume is aimed primarily at students and researchers in Russian Studies, but it will also be relevant to all Modern Linguists, and to those who employ transnational paradigms within the broader humanities.

Author : Luísa Santos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000807691

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Cultures of Silence by Luísa Santos Pdf

This book investigates the notion of silence as both an oppressing instrument and a powerful tool of resistance under the lenses and practices of cultural production. Taking a transdisciplinary and transcultural approach to the study of creative and cultural practices, the chapters ask how cultural production is dealing with surges of oppressive regimes, censorship, and fake news, and which cultural processes are implied in silencing as well in giving voice to, in erasing, and in producing small and grand narratives. The book reaches beyond dominant instrumental views of contemporary cultural practice to understand culture not only as an expedient to conduct social policy but also as a diagnostic tool and a vernacular space of giving voice to the many small narratives that make the world we live in. Offering an introduction to an underrepresented area of cultural studies, this truly interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars of cultural studies, cultural history, media studies, politics, visual studies, communication studies, history, and literature.

Author : Vlad Strukov,Sarah Hudspith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317235583

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Russian Culture in the Age of Globalization by Vlad Strukov,Sarah Hudspith Pdf

This book brings together scholars from across a variety of disciplines who use different methodologies to interrogate the changing nature of Russian culture in the twenty-first century. The book considers a wide range of cultural forms that have been instrumental in globalizing Russia. These include literature, art, music, film, media, the internet, sport, urban spaces, and the Russian language. The book pays special attention to the processes by which cultural producers negotiate between Russian government and global cultural capital. It focuses on the issues of canon, identity, soft power and cultural exchange. The book provides a conceptual framework for analyzing Russia as a transnational entity and its contemporary culture in the globalized world.

Author : Tuuli Lähdesmäki,Luisa Passerini,Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus,Iris van Huis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030114640

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Dissonant Heritages and Memories in Contemporary Europe by Tuuli Lähdesmäki,Luisa Passerini,Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus,Iris van Huis Pdf

This open access book discusses political, economic, social, and humanitarian challenges that influence both how people deal with their past and how they build their identities in contemporary Europe. Ongoing debates on migration, on local, national, inter- and transnational levels, prove that it is a divisive issue with regards to understanding European integration and identity. At the same time, the European Union increasingly invests in projects related to European heritage, museums, and cultural memory networks, while having to take dissonant heritages into account. These processes in their combination offer an interesting dynamic and form the complex puzzle that poses challenging questions for anyone involved in academic research, heritage practices, and policy debates. With this puzzle at its core, this book explicitly focuses on slippery and transforming notions of Europe and critically discusses ongoing and transforming power structures of heritage and memory in today’s Europe. The book combines theoretical and methodological contributions to the debates on European heritage and memory studies and in-depth analyses of empirical case studies. Its main aim is to bring research fields concerning memory and heritage into a closer dialogue and thus explore the cultural and political dynamics of contemporary Europe.

Author : Karnaukhova, Oxana,Udovikina, Alexandra,Christiansen, Bryan
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522532651

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Economic and Geopolitical Perspectives of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia by Karnaukhova, Oxana,Udovikina, Alexandra,Christiansen, Bryan Pdf

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization that formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. It has few supranational powers, but aims to be more than a purely symbolic organization, nominally possessing coordinating powers in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. As such, it is vital to examine this region and its economic and geopolitical impacts on the world. Economic and Geopolitical Perspectives of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia is a vital research publication that explores the importance and influence of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia in the twenty-first century. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as sovereign democracy, economic integration, and foreign policy, this book is geared toward business managers, economists, business professionals, entrepreneurs, business analysts, and researchers seeking current research on the effects of political organizations like the CIS on various regions.