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Methodologies in Critical Terrorism Studies Gaps and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

232 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This interdisciplinary book presents an intervention into methodological practices in the subfield of Critical Terrorism Studies, and features established and early career scholars. The volume interrogates the role that research methods play in shaping the sub-discipline of Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS). It responds to two major methodological gaps within CTS: (1) the dearth of Global South... Read more

Introduction: Methodological Plurality and Reflexivity

Alice E. Finden and Carlos Yebra-López

Part One: The Field of Critical Terrorism Studies and Violence

1. Calibrating Violences in Critical Terrorism Studies.

Laura Sjoberg

2. “Terrorism” as Abjection: Queering/Abolishing Critical Terrorism Studies

C. Heike Schotten

3. A Decolonial Mission for Critical Terrorism Studies: Interrogating the Gendered Coloniality and Colonial Function of the Dominant Discourse on Terrorism.

Rabea M. Khan

Part Two: The Eurocentricity of Critical Terrorism Studies and Global South Approaches

4. Postcolonial Spaces and Critical Terrorism Studies: Towards a Dialogic Research Agenda

Kodili Henry Chukwuma

5. Cannibalising the Visual in Critical Terrorism Studies: A Counter-Visuality of the 01/08 Anti-democratic Attacks in Brazil

Matheus Pfrimer

6. Indigenous Voice in Tackling Violent Extremism in Kenya: Coloniality and Exclusion of African Women

Samwel Oando

Part Three: Bridging Disciplinary and Methodological Gaps in Critical Terrorism Studies

7. Going beyond the State-Centrism of Critical Terrorism Studies: Studying Counterterrorism as Contestation across Political Parties

Ugo Gaudino

8. Bringing in New Voices: Non-English Linguistic Corpora and Critical Terrorism Studies

Ariane Bogain

9. Rethinking Methodologies in Critical Terrorism Studies: A Mixed-Method Randomised Control Trial Study on Community Reintegration of Former Boko Haram Members in Nigeria

Tarela Juliet Ike

Biography

Alice Finden is Assistant Professor in International Politics at Durham University, UK.

Carlos Yebra López is a lecturer at University College London, UK

Tarela Ike is a Senior Visiting Fellow at Coal City University, Nigeria.

Ugo Gaudino works as a Guest Teacher at the London School of Economics and as a lecturer at Kingston University.

Samwel Oando is a Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of African Realities (ISAR) of the Africa International University (AIU), Kenya.

'This necessary and important volume makes the case for self-reflexivity and methodological pluralism in Critical Terrorism Studies to guard against Eurocentric, racist, and colonial modes of thought that, despite the criticality of its methods, continue to shape much of the scholarship in this field. The contributions to this volume showcase the richness and urgency of postcolonial, decolonial, non-Western, Global South, abolitionist, feminist, and queer approaches, whose insights are central for making visible, rather than perpetuating, the systems of oppression in which “terrorism,” as well as its (critical) study, participate.'

 Dr Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Syracuse University, US