BISA 2023 Conference

Challenging eurocentrism and coloniality in terrorism studies

21 Jun 2023, 16:45

1h 30m

Dee, Hilton

Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group

Description

This panel traces the colonial heritage of security measures, and links issues of race to discourses on terrorism

Subcontributions

• 'Tactical Reversibility' of the Terrorism Discourse in the Non-Western World: Turkey in the 1970s
• Juridico-Politically Distinct Forms of Exceptional Security Measures Against the Internal 'Enemy': Turkey Between 1971 and 2002
• Antecedents of Political Repression: The colonial roots of 21st Century anti-terrorism powers
• The Political Economy of (In)security in Africa: The (Post)colonial Governmentality of (Counter)terrorism in Nigeria