Harmata Aboubakar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4436822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harmata Aboubakar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harmata |
| FAMILY NAME | Aboubakar |
| SIGNATURE | ABOUBAKAR H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-0277-8208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shared history, divergent memories
Valorizing Erasure
How does imperial knowledge production operate when Western media coverage of a Global South subject is predominantly admiring instead of hostile? This article addresses that question through critical discourse analysis of sixty‐three Anglo‐American news articles covering the Chad‐Libya conflict of the 1980s, the ‘Toyota War’. Despite Chad's decisive military victory and broadly favourable coverage, systematic coding reveals that Chadian politica…
The interactive synopticon
IRL (“in-real-life”) live streaming turns public space into an interactive broadcast structured by live chat, monetization tools, and real-time engagement metrics. At its extreme, “deviant IRL” involves streamers staging public provocation as content. This article asks under what conditions participatory visibility converts being watched from a mechanism of discipline into an incentive for public norm violation. Examining two critical cases (Vita…
Between protection and punishment
This article examines how reinforced police gloves can operate as concealed force multipliers, amplifying state violence within ambiguous legal and regulatory frameworks. Drawing on the Canadian case of Abdirahman Abdi, whose death followed a violent encounter with police officer Daniel Montsion in 2016, the study employs Critical Legal Discourse Analysis to examine court transcripts, forensic evidence, investigative reports, and a subsequent cor…
Two Truths and a Lie
Political violence and women’s political participation in Kenya
Two Truths and a Lie
Political violence and women’s political participation in Kenya
Shared history, divergent memories
Valorizing Erasure
How does imperial knowledge production operate when Western media coverage of a Global South subject is predominantly admiring instead of hostile? This article addresses that question through critical discourse analysis of sixty‐three Anglo‐American news articles covering the Chad‐Libya conflict of the 1980s, the ‘Toyota War’. Despite Chad's decisive military victory and broadly favourable coverage, systematic coding reveals that Chadian politica…
The interactive synopticon
IRL (“in-real-life”) live streaming turns public space into an interactive broadcast structured by live chat, monetization tools, and real-time engagement metrics. At its extreme, “deviant IRL” involves streamers staging public provocation as content. This article asks under what conditions participatory visibility converts being watched from a mechanism of discipline into an incentive for public norm violation. Examining two critical cases (Vita…
Between protection and punishment
This article examines how reinforced police gloves can operate as concealed force multipliers, amplifying state violence within ambiguous legal and regulatory frameworks. Drawing on the Canadian case of Abdirahman Abdi, whose death followed a violent encounter with police officer Daniel Montsion in 2016, the study employs Critical Legal Discourse Analysis to examine court transcripts, forensic evidence, investigative reports, and a subsequent cor…
Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 work) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 work) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Audience participation (1 work) · Binary data (1 work) · Binary number (1 work) · Binary opposition (1 work)