Gabi Schlag
Biographic Data
| ID | 1225029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabi Schlag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabi |
| FAMILY NAME | Schlag |
| SIGNATURE | SCHLAG G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tübingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7072-1143 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The look of Nato
As social identities are not static but made, actors constantly invest in their public image, financially, institutionally, and aesthetically. This article examines and compares two vignettes of NATO’s public (visual) diplomacy and strategic communication. It shows the changing nature of the visual communication that NATO has applied to rationalise its military force and to fix its collective identity. In addition, the article illustrates that th…
Visual violence in global politics
Visual representations are vital to our understanding of political violence. While a growing number of scholars are exploring the political side of the visual, the visual side of the political, and the global side of both in press photography, filmmaking, gaming, and artwork, International Relations (IR) scholarship only implicitly reflects how violence and its visual representations relate, intersect, and differ. However, a closer look at these …
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media
Traditional conceptions of democratic publics are changing due to the rise of social media as a global communication tool. While social media brings people together globally and creates new spaces for creativity and resistance, it is also a space of harassment, discrimination, and violence. As recent debates about hate speech and the distribution of “fake news” have shown, the political responsibilities and consequences of regulating online conte…
Sensible politics
Thinking and Writing Visual Global Politics – a Review of R. Bleiker’s Visual Global Politics (2018, Abingdon and New York
Representing torture in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The global war on terror (GWOT) is undoubtedly the most recent case where a government authorized ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’, a euphemism for torture. In addition to shocking stories and photographs from Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and CIA black site prisons, popular culture assists in the production of torture’s public image and indicates a site of norm contestation. Therefore, the aim of this article is threefold. First, the author shows th…
Interpretationen in der Politikwissenschaft
The afterlife of Osama bin Laden
In his interview with CBS News on 4 May 2011, US President Barack Obama acknowledged the power of images when he explained that his government would not release a photo of the dead Osama bin Laden due to moral considerations and security-related issues. How is it possible that a photo is perceived as too horrific to be published and as a powerful threat to national security? In this article, I argue that the concept of performativity helps to ack…
Revolution must come“ – Von der Problemdiagnose zur politischen Aktion
Transformations of Security Studies
Außenpolitik Als Kultur
Außenpolitik Als Kultur
Transformations of Security Studies
This volume brings together a group of distinguished scholars to engage in a dialogue on key developments in the study of security. The book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical, empirical and methodological developments within security studies, whose political and societal importance has grown significantly in recent years. By bringing together scholars who hold differing perspectives on security, this volume provides insights into a…
The West
Securitizing images
Referring to the recent ‘visual turn’ in Critical Security Studies, the aim of this article is threefold. First, by taking the concept of visual securitization one step further, we intend to theorize the image as an iconic act understood as an act of showing and seeing. This turn to the performativity of the visual directs our attention to the securitizing power of images. Second, this article addresses the methodological challenges of analysing …
Into the ‘Heart of Darkness’ — EU's civilising mission in the DR Congo
Securitizing images
Referring to the recent ‘visual turn’ in Critical Security Studies, the aim of this article is threefold. First, by taking the concept of visual securitization one step further, we intend to theorize the image as an iconic act understood as an act of showing and seeing. This turn to the performativity of the visual directs our attention to the securitizing power of images. Second, this article addresses the methodological challenges of analysing …
Representing torture in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The global war on terror (GWOT) is undoubtedly the most recent case where a government authorized ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’, a euphemism for torture. In addition to shocking stories and photographs from Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and CIA black site prisons, popular culture assists in the production of torture’s public image and indicates a site of norm contestation. Therefore, the aim of this article is threefold. First, the author shows th…
The afterlife of Osama bin Laden
In his interview with CBS News on 4 May 2011, US President Barack Obama acknowledged the power of images when he explained that his government would not release a photo of the dead Osama bin Laden due to moral considerations and security-related issues. How is it possible that a photo is perceived as too horrific to be published and as a powerful threat to national security? In this article, I argue that the concept of performativity helps to ack…
The West
Into the ‘Heart of Darkness’ — EU's civilising mission in the DR Congo
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media
Traditional conceptions of democratic publics are changing due to the rise of social media as a global communication tool. While social media brings people together globally and creates new spaces for creativity and resistance, it is also a space of harassment, discrimination, and violence. As recent debates about hate speech and the distribution of “fake news” have shown, the political responsibilities and consequences of regulating online conte…
Revolution must come“ – Von der Problemdiagnose zur politischen Aktion
Into the ‘Heart of Darkness’ — EU's civilising mission in the DR Congo
The West
Securitizing images
Referring to the recent ‘visual turn’ in Critical Security Studies, the aim of this article is threefold. First, by taking the concept of visual securitization one step further, we intend to theorize the image as an iconic act understood as an act of showing and seeing. This turn to the performativity of the visual directs our attention to the securitizing power of images. Second, this article addresses the methodological challenges of analysing …
Transformations of Security Studies
Außenpolitik Als Kultur
Außenpolitik Als Kultur
Transformations of Security Studies
This volume brings together a group of distinguished scholars to engage in a dialogue on key developments in the study of security. The book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical, empirical and methodological developments within security studies, whose political and societal importance has grown significantly in recent years. By bringing together scholars who hold differing perspectives on security, this volume provides insights into a…
Revolution must come“ – Von der Problemdiagnose zur politischen Aktion
The afterlife of Osama bin Laden
In his interview with CBS News on 4 May 2011, US President Barack Obama acknowledged the power of images when he explained that his government would not release a photo of the dead Osama bin Laden due to moral considerations and security-related issues. How is it possible that a photo is perceived as too horrific to be published and as a powerful threat to national security? In this article, I argue that the concept of performativity helps to ack…
Thinking and Writing Visual Global Politics – a Review of R. Bleiker’s Visual Global Politics (2018, Abingdon and New York
Representing torture in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The global war on terror (GWOT) is undoubtedly the most recent case where a government authorized ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’, a euphemism for torture. In addition to shocking stories and photographs from Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and CIA black site prisons, popular culture assists in the production of torture’s public image and indicates a site of norm contestation. Therefore, the aim of this article is threefold. First, the author shows th…
Interpretationen in der Politikwissenschaft
Sensible politics
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media
Traditional conceptions of democratic publics are changing due to the rise of social media as a global communication tool. While social media brings people together globally and creates new spaces for creativity and resistance, it is also a space of harassment, discrimination, and violence. As recent debates about hate speech and the distribution of “fake news” have shown, the political responsibilities and consequences of regulating online conte…
The look of Nato
As social identities are not static but made, actors constantly invest in their public image, financially, institutionally, and aesthetically. This article examines and compares two vignettes of NATO’s public (visual) diplomacy and strategic communication. It shows the changing nature of the visual communication that NATO has applied to rationalise its military force and to fix its collective identity. In addition, the article illustrates that th…
Visual violence in global politics
Visual representations are vital to our understanding of political violence. While a growing number of scholars are exploring the political side of the visual, the visual side of the political, and the global side of both in press photography, filmmaking, gaming, and artwork, International Relations (IR) scholarship only implicitly reflects how violence and its visual representations relate, intersect, and differ. However, a closer look at these …
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