The Black Fantastic in International Relations

IF 3.2 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI:10.1017/S0260210523000323

Lester Spence

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Abstract In 2016, British investigative journalist Simon Rogers created a map/timeline of Twitter hashtags associated with Black Lives Matter. The map (which no longer exists) indirectly shows both the intensity of Black Lives Matter protests and their geographic scope. Within the United States, we see not only protest activity in metropolitan areas with large black population percentages, but also protest activity in metropolitan areas with few (if any) African Americans. Further, we see protests not just in the United States but throughout the world. The 2020 George Floyd murder arguably spurred more protests against police violence within the United States and around the world than any other moment. We understand these protests as part of a broader decolonial project that seeks to eradicate racialised violence. How does this project develop? In examining Black Lives Matter as a movement, most have either focused on domestic activity within the United States or on instances of international activity, but few have attempted to theorise its spread. I suggest that any approach that focuses solely or primarily on technological advances or on the work of activists misses an essential and under-examined element – US Black popular culture. Video Abstract

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国际关系中的黑色幻想

2016年，英国调查记者西蒙·罗杰斯制作了一张与“黑人的命也是命”相关的推特标签地图/时间轴。这张地图(已不复存在)间接显示了“黑人的命也是命”抗议活动的强度及其地理范围。在美国，我们不仅看到在黑人人口比例较高的大都市地区有抗议活动，而且在非洲裔美国人很少(如果有的话)的大都市地区也有抗议活动。此外，我们不仅在美国，而且在全世界都看到了抗议活动。2020年乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)谋杀案可以说是在美国和世界各地引发了比以往任何时候都多的针对警察暴力的抗议活动。我们认为，这些抗议活动是旨在消除种族暴力的更广泛的非殖民化项目的一部分。这个项目是如何发展的?在把“黑人的命也重要”作为一场运动来考察时，大多数人要么关注美国国内的活动，要么关注国际活动的实例，但很少有人试图把它的传播理论化。我认为，任何只关注或主要关注技术进步或积极分子工作的方法都忽略了一个基本的、未被充分审视的因素——美国黑人流行文化。视频摘要

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Review of International Studies INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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