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Geographies of terror and fear: forced displacement and black communities in Colombia

Objective

Terror and terrorism are contested terms and take on many forms in different places and conjunctures. This project will look at terror and terrorism from a geographical perspective, aimed at providing a better understanding of the complexities of contemporary forms of terror. It will be of wide significance and applicability, as it will enable us to critically examine the workings of terror in a variety of settings and contexts. The particular research objectives are (i) to develop an innovative theoretical framework of 'geographies of terror and fear'; (ii) to examine the impact of terror on social movements; and (iii) to document geographies of terror and fear in Colombia's Pacific coast region. This will be achieved by (i) spending an outgoing phase of 24 months at the world-class Geography Department of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), working in close collaboration with my mentor Professor John Agnew, an internationally renowned political geographer; (ii) conducting an extensive literature review, drawing on diverse disciplines such as human geography, social anthropology, sociology and social movement studies; (iii) presenting my own conceptual developments in research seminars to multidisciplinary academic audiences; and (iv) applying these theoretical insights to a specific empirical case study by conducting ethnographic fieldwork on forced displacement among black communities in Colombia. This proposal is of high relevance to the EU as it will (i) allow me to significantly consolidate and widen my research career prospects with an international dimension; (ii) promote the development and subsequent transfer back to Europe of my research competencies on my return to the University of Glasgow; and (iii) provide important data and insights for EU-Colombia relations and EU policies in the fields of terrorism, human rights, democratisation and minority rights.

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-6
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UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
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