Spaces of War, War of Spaces

Product Description Spaces of War, War of Spaces provides a rich, international and multi-disciplinary engagement with the convergence of war and media through the conceptual lens of 'space'. 'Space' offers a profound, challenging and original framework through which notions of communication, embodiment, enactment, memory and power are interrogated not only in terms of how media spaces (traditional, digital, cultural, aesthetic, embodied, mnemonic) transform the conduct, outcomes and consequences of war for all involved, but how 'war' actors (political, military, survivors, victims) recreate space in a manner that is transformative across political, social, cultural and personal spheres. Foregrounding the work of artists, activists and practitioners alongside more traditional scholarly approaches Spaces of War, War of Spaces engages with the 'messiness' of war and media through the convergence of practice and theory, where showing and embodying is made explicit. Review “This work is an important intervention, particularly in its illuminating of the vital contribution of artists, activists and other practitioners, to understandings of the interconnectedness and interdependence of war and media. The engaging and original case studies bring the subject matter alive. And the collection as a whole is a bold statement of how the conceptual lens of space makes us read warfare anew.” ―Andrew Hoskins, Interdisciplinary Research Professor in Global Security, University of Glasgow, UK About the Author Sarah Maltby is Professor of Media and Communications at Sussex University, UK, and Founder and Coordinator of the War and Media Network (www.warandmedia.org). Her work focuses on military-media practice, the intersection of media, memory and identity in war and conflict, and representations of war and peace in military, journalistic and artistic output.Ben O'Loughlin is Professor of International Relations and Director of the New PoliticalCommunication Unit at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His books include the relevant War and Media: The Emergence of Diffused War (2010). He has been a Co-Editor of the journal Media, War & Conflict and runs an MSc course Media, War & Conflict for over a decade.for over a decadeKaty Parry is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK. Her work focuses on visual politics and activism, images of war and representations of contemporary soldiering. She is a co-author of Pockets of Resistance (2010) with Piers Robinson, Peter Goddard, Craig Murray and Philip Taylor, and a coeditor of Can the Media Serve Democracy? Essays in Honour of Jay G. Blumler (2015), with Stephen Coleman and Giles Moss.Laura Roselle is a Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies at Elon University, USA.