|
Showing 1 - 5 of
5 matches in All Departments
Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed
by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, "rotten
apples." In this study, the author argues that this dismissal is
unsatisfactory and that there is an urgent need to look at the
(mis)behavior of soldiers from a structural point of view. When
soldiers serve as an occupational force, they find themselves in a
particular situation influenced by structural circumstances that
heavily influence their behavior and moral decision-making. This
study focuses on young Israeli men and their experiences as combat
soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), particularly those
who served in the "Occupied Palestinian Territories" (OPT) during
the "Al Aqsa Intifada," which broke out in 2000. In describing the
soldiers' circumstances, especially focusing on space, the study
shows how processes of numbing on different levels influence the
(moral) behavior of these soldiers.
This book focuses on the emotional hazards of conducting fieldwork
about or within contexts of violence and provides a forum for
field-based researchers to tell their stories. Increasingly novice
and seasoned ethnographers alike, whether by choice or chance, are
working in situations where multidimensional forms of violence,
conflict and war are facets of everyday life. The volume engages
with the methodological and ethical issues involved and features a
range of expressive writings that reveal personal consequences and
dilemmas. The contributors use their emotions, their scars, outrage
and sadness alongside their hopes and resilience to give voice to
that which is often silenced, to make visible the entanglements of
fieldwork and its lingering vulnerabilities. The book brings to the
fore the lived experiences of researchers and their interlocutors
alike with the hope of fostering communities of care. It will be
valuable reading for anthropologists and those from other
disciplines who are embarking on ethnographic fieldwork and
conducting qualitative empirical research.
Security Blurs makes an important contribution to anthropological
work on security. It introduces the notion of "security blurs" to
analyse manifestations of security that are visible and identifi
able, yet constructed and made up of a myriad and overlapping set
of actors, roles, motivations, values, practices, ideas,
materialities and power dynamics in their inception and
performance. The chapters address the entanglements and overlaps
between a variety of state and non-state security providers, from
the police and the military to vigilantes, community organisations
and private security companies. The contributors offer rich
ethnographic studies of everyday security practices across a range
of cultural contexts and reveal the impact on the lives of ordinary
citizens. This book presents a new anthropological approach to
security by explicitly addressing the overlap and entanglement of
the practices and discourses of state and non-state security
providers, and the associated forms of cooperation and confl ict
that permit an analysis of these actors' activities as increasingly
"blurred".
Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is
dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals
termed, OC rotten apples.OCO In this study, the author argues that
this dismissal is unsatisfactory and that there is an urgent need
to look at the (mis)behavior of soldiers from a structural point of
view. When soldiers serve as an occupational force, they find
themselves in a particular situation influenced by structural
circumstances that heavily influence their behavior and moral
decision-making. This study focuses on young Israeli men and their
experiences as combat soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),
particularly those who served in the OC Occupied Palestinian
TerritoriesOCO (OPT) during the OC Al Aqsa Intifada, OCO which
broke out in 2000. In describing the soldiersOCO circumstances,
especially focusing on space, the study shows how processes of
numbing on different levels influence the (moral) behavior of these
soldiers."
Security Blurs makes an important contribution to anthropological
work on security. It introduces the notion of "security blurs" to
analyse manifestations of security that are visible and identifi
able, yet constructed and made up of a myriad and overlapping set
of actors, roles, motivations, values, practices, ideas,
materialities and power dynamics in their inception and
performance. The chapters address the entanglements and overlaps
between a variety of state and non-state security providers, from
the police and the military to vigilantes, community organisations
and private security companies. The contributors offer rich
ethnographic studies of everyday security practices across a range
of cultural contexts and reveal the impact on the lives of ordinary
citizens. This book presents a new anthropological approach to
security by explicitly addressing the overlap and entanglement of
the practices and discourses of state and non-state security
providers, and the associated forms of cooperation and confl ict
that permit an analysis of these actors' activities as increasingly
"blurred".
|
|