Descripción del proyecto
Una forma artística de responder al terrorismo
Las autoridades europeas han dado un paso más en su lucha contra el terrorismo, una lacra conocida en todos los Estados miembros. El proyecto UrbTerr, financiado con fondos europeos, está trabajando en un análisis comparativo exhaustivo de los discursos de memoria y de las respuestas a los recientes ataques en cuatro países europeos (Alemania, España, Francia y el Reino Unido). Se centrará en las formas colectivas de olvido, recuerdo e imaginación que han dado forma a los espacios urbanos de estos países después de los ataques terroristas. Utilizará acciones artísticas como herramientas creativas para desarrollar y experimentar con formas alternativas de recuerdo. El proyecto creará un sitio web para difundir las entrevistas con ciudadanos, activistas políticos, políticos y otros agentes clave. Además, organizará una serie de acciones artísticas sobre la seguridad.
Objetivo
Since 2004, public spaces in European cities have been hit by more than ten major terrorist attacks, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands. Whilst trying to come to terms with recent acts of urban terrorism, governments, security agencies, and local communities are bracing themselves for further attacks. UrbTerr will offer the first in-depth comparative analysis of memory discourses and responses to recent acts of urban terrorism in four European countries that have suffered particularly as a result of this wave of violence: Spain, the UK, France, and Germany. Drawing on concepts and methods from memory studies, cultural studies, feminist theory and anthropology, UrbTerr will document and analyse a range of voices in contemporary debates on urban terrorism in Europe and problematise the narrow concept of imagination and creativity underpinning recent counter-terrorism measures and a great part of the academic literature on this subject. It will: (1) analyse the collective forms of forgetting, remembering, and imagining that have shaped urban spaces in the four countries after recent terrorist attacks; (2) develop a new materialist approach to terrorism and use this framework to critically assess policies and material security infrastructures that were created in response to these attacks at a local and European level; (3) use performance art as a creative tool to develop and experiment with alternative forms of remembering and different visions of the future. Outputs of the project will include a website with footage of interviews with city residents, politicians, architects, political activists, and other key actors, as well as other resources for terrorism research, two academic monographs, articles in peer-reviewed journals, a co-edited volume, two PhD theses, and a series of thought-provoking public art performances that will spark critical debates about securitization processes in contemporary Europe.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
ERC-STG - Starting GrantInstitución de acogida
B15 2TT Birmingham
Reino Unido