Everyday visuality and risk management: Representing (in)security in UN peacekeeping

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Contemporary Security Policy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/13523260.2020.1847800

E. Krahmann

引用次数: 5

Abstract

ABSTRACT Visuality is a central aspect of everyday security governance. In the recent visual turn in International Relations, however, the more mundane and routine visualities of security have been widely neglected. To address this gap, this article proposes a framework for analyzing the messages of security and risk conveyed by different modes of visual representations, ranging from press photos and educational images to outwardly appearances. Taking the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) as an example, it shows that everyday visual representations reflect and contribute to security risk management in four ways: (1) They assist in the construction of self and other identities with regard to security, (2) they help to identify potential vulnerabilities, (3) they are used to educate people how to detect, assess, and behave in risky situations, and (4) they are employed to deter violent attacks.

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日常可视化和风险管理:代表联合国维和行动的安全

摘要可视化是日常安全治理的一个核心方面。然而，在最近国际关系的视觉转向中，更世俗和常规的安全视觉被广泛忽视。为了解决这一差距，本文提出了一个框架，用于分析从新闻照片、教育图像到外表的不同视觉表现模式所传达的安全和风险信息。以联合国组织刚果民主共和国稳定特派团（联刚稳定团）为例，它表明，日常视觉表现在四个方面反映并有助于安全风险管理：（1）它们有助于构建安全方面的自我和其他身份，（3）它们被用来教育人们如何在危险的情况下发现、评估和行为，（4）它们被用于阻止暴力袭击。

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Contemporary Security Policy Multiple-

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14.60

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6.80%

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期刊介绍： One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy. Spanning the gap between academic and policy approaches, CSP offers policy analysts a place to pursue fundamental issues, and academic writers a venue for addressing policy. Major fields of concern include: War and armed conflict Peacekeeping Conflict resolution Arms control and disarmament Defense policy Strategic culture International institutions. CSP is committed to a broad range of intellectual perspectives. Articles promote new analytical approaches, iconoclastic interpretations and previously overlooked perspectives. Its pages encourage novel contributions and outlooks, not particular methodologies or policy goals. Its geographical scope is worldwide and includes security challenges in Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. Authors are encouraged to examine established priorities in innovative ways and to apply traditional methods to new problems.