Geo-graphing Violence

Postcolonial Perspectives, Space and the Cartographic Imaginaries of Peace and Conflict Studies

Bibliographic Data

ID3948880
AuthorsFabian Namberger (0000-0002-8766-586X, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK, corresponding author), Gerdis Wischnath (Department of Sociology, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Berlin, Germany), Sven Chojnacki (0009-0001-7155-4081, Department of Sociology, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Berlin, Germany)
Year2021
Volume26
Issue4
Pages1196-1223
Publication date2021-07-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2019.1676237
OpenAlexW2981608969
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited116

Dualistic spatial demarcations of a (peaceful) here and a (violent) there, near and far, global north and south are constant companions of social research. From the perspective of (political) science their task is to put in order the intricate social dynamics and entangled international spaces of peace and war. Casting complex and contested conflict realities into the frames of hegemonic patterns of interpretation (“north vs. south”, “strong state vs. failed state”) and visually shifting the causes of conflicts to the “spaces of violence” in the global south, cartographic representations are central to Eurocentric spatial fixations of conflict, peace and violence in political science and beyond. Against the reductionism of common spatial meta-narratives (state container, deterritorialization) our contribution argues for a reflexive use of Eurocentric spatial imaginations in general and maps in particular

Deterritorialization · Epistemology · Hegemony · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Reductionism · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philippine History and Culture