Join us on ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ด๐๐ต at ๐ณ:๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ for (๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ)-๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ: ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ, a talk by UC Irvine scholar ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐น-๐๐๐น๐๐๐ต๐ถ, author of the recently published book, ๐๐ข๐ณ-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐บ๐ข, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ.
๐๐ข๐ณ-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ explores the entanglement of militarism, imperialism, and liberal-democratic governance in East Africa today. Since Kenya's invasion of Somalia in 2011, the Kenyan state has been engaged in direct combat with the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, conducting airstrikes in southern Somalia and deploying heavy-handed police tactics at home. Al-Bulushi illustrates that the war against Al-Shabaab has become a means to produce new fantasies, emotions, and subjectivities about Kenya's place in the world. Meanwhile, Kenya's alignment with the U.S. provides cover for the criminalization, policing, and extrajudicial killings of the country's Muslim minority population.
This talk will explore the contours of US militarism and imperialism in East Africa today, arguing that the US Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM) is only one aspect of a much wider set of power formations that shape the lifeworlds of people across the continent. Drawing on the work of feminist scholars of war, empire, and geopolitics, the author calls for a situated methodological approachโone that exceeds the geography of the military base, and that is more attuned to the sensorial, embodied knowledge formations of populations that have been caught in the crosshairs of the US-led "war on terror."
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐น-๐๐๐น๐๐๐ต๐ถ is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UC Irvine. Her book, ๐๐ข๐ณ-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐บ๐ข, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ, was published by Stanford University Press in November 2024. She is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and previously served as contributing editor for ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. She has published in a variety of public outlets on topics ranging from the International Criminal Court to the militarization of U.S. policy in Africa.
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