31/3, 8.15-10h

Room 407

Teacher: Hanna Leonardsson

Powerpoint: Lecture 6: Violence, Security, War & Peace

This lecture will give an overview of how the concepts of violence and security. We will discuss different theoretical perspectives on violence and security with the aim of learning that depending on what theoretical 'lenses' we put on, we will see and think of violence and security in different ways. We will also pay particular attention to human security and securitisation theory.

Preparation before the lecture:

1. Read the following literature:

Hoogensen & Stuvoy (2006) Download Hoogensen & Stuvoy (2006)

Hough (2004) Download Hough (2004

Scholte (2005), chapter 9

Pay particular attention to the discussion of securitisation theory/the Copenhagen School of security, and reflect on the following questions:

- Hough (2004): How can human security be defined, and how does it differ from more traditional understandings of security?
- Hoogensen & Stuvoy (2006): In what way can a gender perspective contribute to our understanding of human security?

2. Do the following exercise:

Which of these risks and issues would you see as the most serious threats to global security? Pick your top five and rank them from 1 to 5. You may also add any that are not on the list.

Climate change
Pandemics
Cyber crime
Economic instability
Misogyny/Patriarchy
Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss
Food insecurity
Growing nationalism
Racism
Major power rivalry and war
Organized crime
Nuclear proliferation
Terrorism
Water crisis
Weak global institutions

Create a list your top choices and add a few notes on why you picked them. Do you think your choices were influenced by personal circumstances and experiences? Think of your biography, education, place of residence, class, gender, race etc. You can compare your results with the responses of people around the world from a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center. What do you find notable about these results, and how do you think they may have changed since the survey took place?

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Additional resources

Sveriges Radio: P3 Dystopia. Podcast.

Dinh, Viet. 2016. After Disasters. Novel, Little A.

Spandler, Kilian. 2020. Towards genuinely localised humanitarian action. New Mandala, 21 August.