For them it is just a story, for me it is my life.” Ethnography and the Security Gaze

Academic Research with “Salafi” Muslims in the Netherlands

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13061389
AutoresMartijn De Koning (0000-0001-7343-529X, Radboud University Nijmegen, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas220-239
Data de publicação2020-04-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Muslims in Europe (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2211-792X • E-ISSN: 2211-7954
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22117954-12341418
OpenAlexW3023881273
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas14

In this article I reflect upon my own work on Salafism in the Netherlands, particularly with militant activists, in order to think through some of the ethical and methodological dilemmas that arose throughout the research when many of my interlocutors left for Syria to join Jahbat al-Nusra and/or IS(IS). This culminated in my becoming a witness and an Expert Witness at a trial, testifying against several of my known contacts. After introducing this research and outlining my experiences in court, I set out to show how academic knowledge about Salafism and militant activism is used in a process of racialised categorisation and closure. This article contributes to critical reflections on the positionalities of social scientists and of social science in public in a context of racial securitisation and politicisation

Expert witness · Militant · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence