As a contribution to the development of the critical anthropology of security, this theme section explores the uncertain yet complementary relationships between security and visibility, or rather—to highlight the ambiguity of the connection
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In/visible—In/secure
Optics of regulation and control
Ieva Jusionyte and Daniel M. Goldstein
Damaging Environments
Land, Settler Colonialism, and Security for Indigenous Peoples
Wilfrid Greaves
to environmental harm is a central theme of Indigenous political discourses and action. Some Indigenous political actors, as well as scholars and journalists, have explicitly adopted the language of “security” to characterize the existential nature of
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
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- 107–124 (18 total)
Introduction
Exceptionalism and Necropolitical Security Dynamics in Olympic Rio de Janeiro
Margit Ystanes and Tomas Salem
cloaked in a narrative about security, urban development, expanding citizenship, and social inclusion. For countless favela residents, however, these interventions reasserted old patterns of authoritarian state governance toward their communities. Favelas
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jun 2020
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- 52–67 (16 total)
Guarding the Body
Private Security Work in Rio de Janeiro
Erika Robb Larkins
Star Shine Security 1 has a well-heeled address in an upscale neighborhood that boasts one of the most expensive prices per square foot in all Brazil. I looked up to greet the security camera as I buzzed the gate to get into the building—a routine
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jun 2017
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- 60–72 (13 total)
Performing humanitarian militarism
Public security and the military in Brazil
Stephanie Savell
(UN) blue helmets, suggesting their presence was akin to Brazil’s UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. In this case, humanitarian militarism is a public security operation performed to display both state force and, alternately, state solidarity, with
Egalitarian Lives and Violence
Community Policing in Mozambique
Bjørn Enge Bertelsen
This article addresses the ways in which urban Mozambican spaces have witnessed a profound transformation and fragmentation of police-based security mechanisms, which are often concealed under such generic terms as ‘multi-choice policing’ ( Baker
In Social Analysis
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- 01 Sep 2022
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The Permeable Olympic Fortress
Mega-Event Security as Camouflage in Rio de Janeiro
Dennis Pauschinger
sport mega-event by adopting globally standardized security measures to transform the city in a fortress. The Special Forces were scheduled for possible missions in the many favelas or mega-event-related operations. We engaged in a conversation about the
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jun 2020
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- 108–127 (20 total)
Russian Girls Construct Freedom and Safety in Pandemic Times
Olga Zdravomyslova and Elena Onegina
the beginning of this period, known to gender researchers as the Russian conservative turn ( Zdravomyslova and Iarskaia-Smirnova 2015 ; Zdravomyslova 2016 ), the zeitgeist has been defined by anti-Western rhetoric and a clash of values—security and
Delegitimization as a National Security Threat
Israel and BDS
Ronnie Olesker
movement. It asks two questions. First, does delegitimization pose a security threat to Israel, and, if so, what is the nature of the threat? Second, has Israel securitized delegitimization, and, if so, how has doing so affected its counter
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- 33–54 (22 total)
Racialized Governance
The Production and Destruction of Secure Spaces in Olympic Rio de Janeiro
Margit Ystanes and Alexandre Magalhães
.g., Alves 2018 ; Perry 2013 ), and its entanglement with security concerns is evident from the presence of the Municipal Guard's riot police to subdue any resistance to the demolition. The residents of Vila Autódromo are rendered as a security risk and an
In Conflict and Society
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- 01 Jun 2020
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- 165–182 (18 total)