On sensationalism, violence and academic knowledge
On sensationalism, violence and academic knowledge
This essay interrogates methodological, analytical and representational issues that continue to challenge scholars addressing bellicose violence: Is it ethical to write about terror, pain and despair from afar? Can sensationalism ever be justified in analyses of bellicose violence? What kind of silences might we allow for? These questions are explored in relation to necropolitical Mexico, drawing from empirical research with musicians commissioned to write narco rap, producers and consumers of rap del barrio, and hip hop artists protesting the disappearances, homicides, systematic violence and impunity enjoyed by criminal organisations and state institutions alike.
sensationalism, violence, knowledge, trauma, ethics, hip hop, narco-culture, Mexico
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Malcomson, Hettie
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15 March 2020
Malcomson, Hettie
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This essay interrogates methodological, analytical and representational issues that continue to challenge scholars addressing bellicose violence: Is it ethical to write about terror, pain and despair from afar? Can sensationalism ever be justified in analyses of bellicose violence? What kind of silences might we allow for? These questions are explored in relation to necropolitical Mexico, drawing from empirical research with musicians commissioned to write narco rap, producers and consumers of rap del barrio, and hip hop artists protesting the disappearances, homicides, systematic violence and impunity enjoyed by criminal organisations and state institutions alike.
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Submitted date: 5 January 2020
Accepted/In Press date: 6 January 2020
Published date: 15 March 2020
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sensationalism, violence, knowledge, trauma, ethics, hip hop, narco-culture, Mexico
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