Cathy A Wilcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 226888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathy A Wilcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathy A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilcock |
| SIGNATURE | WILCOCK C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0622-6815 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Straight Outta Khartoum
Anchored in a historical and geographical analysis of the music of the 2019 Sudanese revolution, this article demonstrates the various ways in which music has been politically consequential in Sudan since the mid-twentieth century. It shows that Khartoum’s music scenes were, historically, deeply intertwined with resistance movements because they provided vital avenues for political communication and collective identity formation, including politi…
Scripting the nation
In the groove and in the moment
This study discusses the methodological component of a research project with Sudanese musicians and their associated activist groups. The methodology included song-writing and, as such, is an example of collaborative creative research practice. Proponents of collaborative creative practice argue that the combination of aesthetic methods with ethnographic and participatory research methods brings both epistemological and ethical dividends. This pa…
From Hybridity to Networked Relationality
This article reflects on hybrid relationality as an analytical lens for peacebuilding. It narrates the evolution of ‘the hybrid turn’ and engages with common critiques of hybridity. It notes an additional criti
Hybridising diasporic resistance to homeland peacebuilding
This article discusses what motivates diasporas to resist homeland peacebuilding using the case of the UK-based Sudanese diaspora. It identifies the need to analyse diasporic resistance against a framework of hybrid peacebuilding and local resistance. In hybrid frameworks, resistance is not necessarily motivated by ‘anti-peace’ intentions but can be part of attempts to secure peace. This investigation examines the two key peacebuilding strategies…
Hostile Immigration Policy and the Limits of Sanctuary as Resistance
This article addresses the tense relationship between national and municipal approaches to the inclusion and exclusion of irregular immigrant ‘non-citizens.’ While national policies in the UK have created hostility for irregular migrants, municipallevel cities of sanctuary offer a ‘warm welcome’ which has been extolled as immanently progressive in the face of hostility. This article assesses the extent to which city-based sanctuary movements in t…
Trust, Distrust, and Security
In security studies, there is an unquestioned assumption of a linear link between trust and security. However, such an assumption neglects complex identity dynamics that can be involved in trust‐building discourses for engendering security. There needs to be greater examination into what is meant by trust, and upon what, and whom, and how the politics of identity works in social trust building and how states can influence this process. This artic…
Why are migrant campaigns different from homeland campaigns? Understanding belonging in context among UK-Sudanese activists
Migrant communities' homeland-oriented political campaigns are always related to, but often different from, the activism in which local people engage in their homeland setting. In seeking to understand the observed disparities between migrant campaigns and homeland activism, several studies have demonstrated the influence of contextual factors like political opportunity structures on homeland-oriented migrant politics. Complementing these studies…
Mobilising towards and imagining homelands
This paper examines diasporic identity formation among Sudanese migrants in the U.K. From constructivist perspectives, diasporas form when mobilisations towards a 'homeland' initiate processes of collectively imagining that homeland. These mobilising agendas have been analysed as either emotional and/or political and correspond to processes of collective remembering, forgetting or future-making. Drawing on interviews with, and observations of, Su…
Mobilising towards and imagining homelands
This paper examines diasporic identity formation among Sudanese migrants in the U.K. From constructivist perspectives, diasporas form when mobilisations towards a 'homeland' initiate processes of collectively imagining that homeland. These mobilising agendas have been analysed as either emotional and/or political and correspond to processes of collective remembering, forgetting or future-making. Drawing on interviews with, and observations of, Su…
Trust, Distrust, and Security
In security studies, there is an unquestioned assumption of a linear link between trust and security. However, such an assumption neglects complex identity dynamics that can be involved in trust‐building discourses for engendering security. There needs to be greater examination into what is meant by trust, and upon what, and whom, and how the politics of identity works in social trust building and how states can influence this process. This artic…
Hostile Immigration Policy and the Limits of Sanctuary as Resistance
This article addresses the tense relationship between national and municipal approaches to the inclusion and exclusion of irregular immigrant ‘non-citizens.’ While national policies in the UK have created hostility for irregular migrants, municipallevel cities of sanctuary offer a ‘warm welcome’ which has been extolled as immanently progressive in the face of hostility. This article assesses the extent to which city-based sanctuary movements in t…
From Hybridity to Networked Relationality
This article reflects on hybrid relationality as an analytical lens for peacebuilding. It narrates the evolution of ‘the hybrid turn’ and engages with common critiques of hybridity. It notes an additional criti
Hybridising diasporic resistance to homeland peacebuilding
This article discusses what motivates diasporas to resist homeland peacebuilding using the case of the UK-based Sudanese diaspora. It identifies the need to analyse diasporic resistance against a framework of hybrid peacebuilding and local resistance. In hybrid frameworks, resistance is not necessarily motivated by ‘anti-peace’ intentions but can be part of attempts to secure peace. This investigation examines the two key peacebuilding strategies…
Why are migrant campaigns different from homeland campaigns? Understanding belonging in context among UK-Sudanese activists
Migrant communities' homeland-oriented political campaigns are always related to, but often different from, the activism in which local people engage in their homeland setting. In seeking to understand the observed disparities between migrant campaigns and homeland activism, several studies have demonstrated the influence of contextual factors like political opportunity structures on homeland-oriented migrant politics. Complementing these studies…
Scripting the nation
Mobilising towards and imagining homelands
This paper examines diasporic identity formation among Sudanese migrants in the U.K. From constructivist perspectives, diasporas form when mobilisations towards a 'homeland' initiate processes of collectively imagining that homeland. These mobilising agendas have been analysed as either emotional and/or political and correspond to processes of collective remembering, forgetting or future-making. Drawing on interviews with, and observations of, Su…
Hostile Immigration Policy and the Limits of Sanctuary as Resistance
This article addresses the tense relationship between national and municipal approaches to the inclusion and exclusion of irregular immigrant ‘non-citizens.’ While national policies in the UK have created hostility for irregular migrants, municipallevel cities of sanctuary offer a ‘warm welcome’ which has been extolled as immanently progressive in the face of hostility. This article assesses the extent to which city-based sanctuary movements in t…
Trust, Distrust, and Security
In security studies, there is an unquestioned assumption of a linear link between trust and security. However, such an assumption neglects complex identity dynamics that can be involved in trust‐building discourses for engendering security. There needs to be greater examination into what is meant by trust, and upon what, and whom, and how the politics of identity works in social trust building and how states can influence this process. This artic…
Why are migrant campaigns different from homeland campaigns? Understanding belonging in context among UK-Sudanese activists
Migrant communities' homeland-oriented political campaigns are always related to, but often different from, the activism in which local people engage in their homeland setting. In seeking to understand the observed disparities between migrant campaigns and homeland activism, several studies have demonstrated the influence of contextual factors like political opportunity structures on homeland-oriented migrant politics. Complementing these studies…
From Hybridity to Networked Relationality
This article reflects on hybrid relationality as an analytical lens for peacebuilding. It narrates the evolution of ‘the hybrid turn’ and engages with common critiques of hybridity. It notes an additional criti
Hybridising diasporic resistance to homeland peacebuilding
This article discusses what motivates diasporas to resist homeland peacebuilding using the case of the UK-based Sudanese diaspora. It identifies the need to analyse diasporic resistance against a framework of hybrid peacebuilding and local resistance. In hybrid frameworks, resistance is not necessarily motivated by ‘anti-peace’ intentions but can be part of attempts to secure peace. This investigation examines the two key peacebuilding strategies…
In the groove and in the moment
This study discusses the methodological component of a research project with Sudanese musicians and their associated activist groups. The methodology included song-writing and, as such, is an example of collaborative creative research practice. Proponents of collaborative creative practice argue that the combination of aesthetic methods with ethnographic and participatory research methods brings both epistemological and ethical dividends. This pa…
Scripting the nation
Straight Outta Khartoum
Anchored in a historical and geographical analysis of the music of the 2019 Sudanese revolution, this article demonstrates the various ways in which music has been politically consequential in Sudan since the mid-twentieth century. It shows that Khartoum’s music scenes were, historically, deeply intertwined with resistance movements because they provided vital avenues for political communication and collective identity formation, including politi…
Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)