Affect and Security
Exercising Emergency in 'UK Civil Contingencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Anderson (0000-0002-9541-6142, Durham University), P Adey (0000-0001-6807-4282, Keele University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1092-1109 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d14110 |
| OpenAlex | W2108239870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 100 |
| References cited | 31 |
In this paper we explore the relation between affect and security through a case study of one technique for making futures present and actionable: The use of exercises in UK emergency planning after the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act. Based on observation of exercises and interviews with emergency planners, we show how exercises function by making present an 'interval' of emergency in between the occurrence of a threatening event and its becoming a disaster. This 'interval' is made present through a set of partially connected affective atmospheres and sensibilities. By making futures present at the level of affect, exercises function as techniques of equivalence that enable future disruptive events to be governed. Through this case study we argue against epochal accounts that frame the relation between affect and security in terms of an 'age of anxiety' or a 'culture of fear'. Instead, we understand security affects to be both a means through which futures are made present in apparatuses of security and a part of the relational dynamics through which apparatuses emerge, endure, change, and function strategically
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| Unique citing works | 100 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 98 |