Spaces of War, War of Spaces

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Spaces of War, War of Spaces provides a rich, international and multi-disciplinary engagement with the convergence of war and media through the conceptual lens of space. Space offers a profound, challenging and original framework through which notions of communication, embodiment, enactment, memory and power are interrogated not only in terms of how media spaces (traditional, digital, cultural, aesthetic, embodied, mnemonic) transform the conduct, outcomes and consequences of war for all involved, but how war actors (political, military, survivors, victims) recreate space in a manner that is transformative across political, social, cultural and personal spheres. Foregrounding the work of artists, activists and practitioners alongside more traditional scholarly approaches Spaces of War, War of Spaces engages with the messiness of war and media through the convergence of practice and theory, where showing and embodying is made explicit.

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This work is an important intervention, particularly in its illuminating of the vital contribution of artists, activists and other practitioners, to understandings of the interconnectedness and interdependence of war and media. The engaging and original case studies bring the subject matter alive. And the collection as a whole is a bold statement of how the conceptual lens of space makes us read warfare anew. * Andrew Hoskins, Interdisciplinary Research Professor in Global Security, University of Glasgow, UK *

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Sarah Maltby is Professor of Media and Communications at Sussex University, UK, and Founder and Coordinator of the War and Media Network (www.warandmedia.org). Her work focuses on military-media practice, the intersection of media, memory and identity in war and conflict, and representations of war and peace in military, journalistic and artistic output. Ben O'Loughlin is Professor of International Relations and Director of the New Political Communication Unit at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His work explores how political actors use communication to exercise power and influence. Katy Parry is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK. Her work focuses on visual politics and activism, images of war and representations of contemporary soldiering. Laura Roselle is Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies and Director of the Turnage Family Fund for the Study of Political Communication at Elon University, USA. Her work focuses on power and narrative construction.