“We write the peace together”, Artwork: Des-tejiendoMiradas/(Un-)Stitching Gazes
Two new entries have been published in the Virtual Encyclopaedia "Rewriting Peace and Conflict" of the Postcolonial Hierarchies network.
Rabea Khan discusses the concept of terrorism in her article Terrorism – the irredeemability of a concept:
"‘Terrorism’ continues to dominate headlines, it stirs a wide range of emotions in the general public and the fear of it informs numerous domestic and foreign policies worldwide, many of which have cost countless and many more innocent lives than the acts of violence that were labelled ‘terrorism’ in the first place. But what exactly is ‘terrorism’, and should we care to locate or identify an accurate definition for it?"
Gabriel Garroum Pla contributed to the encyclopaedia with an article on Urbicide:
"This contribution examines the concept of urbicide – the deliberate use of urban destruction and the violent reorganisation of city spaces with the aim of denying, annihilating or homogenising place. Through a postcolonial lens, the analysis engages with urbicide as a phenomenon with specific historical conditions of emergence. This approach focuses on how colonial discourses and practices enable modern warfare to justify and conduct operations based on the deliberate destruction of cities. By interrogating these dynamics, the article underscores the socio-political stakes of urbicide and its role in reinforcing hierarchies of domination and exclusion."
These and more entries are available on the Virtual Encyclopaedia website.
The Virtual Encyclopaedia Rewriting Peace and Conflict is is a product of the BMBF-funded project “Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict Studies”. It is a multimedia and open access platform about peace and conflict from postcolonial and decolonial perspectives. The encyclopedia offers an interdisciplinary collection of central theoretical and conceptual debates, empirical analyses and reflections on knowledge production. It presents a wide variety of voices; among them are academics from a variety of career levels, background and regions, as well as practitioners and activists. The ultimate goal of the platform is to promote dialogue and reflection by combining text, audio, video, and storytelling across different formats.