Fear is a potent political resource that is at once an expression of vulnerability to geopolitical threats and a rationale for security measures against them. It is produced through tropes of nationalism rooted in economic marginalization, loss of territory and anxieties about invasions of home. Such anxieties give rise to the securitization of fear used … Continue reading “The Securitization of Fear in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka”
The article aims to analyse two policy narratives that were politicised in the context of post-tsunami response in Eastern Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia. These areas had been affected by war for several decades before the tsunami hit. The first narrative of public safety saw government imposition of post-tsunami buffer zones, ostensibly as measures to … Continue reading “Siting Conflict and Peace in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia”
In Sri Lanka, gender and national identities intersect to shape people’s mobility and security in the context of conflict. This article aims to illustrate the gendered processes of identity construction in the context of competing militarised nationalisms. We contend that a feminist approach is crucial, and that gender analysis alone is insufficient. Gender cannot be … Continue reading Bodies, Shrines, and Roads: Violence, (Im)mobility, and Displacement in Sri Lanka