Creative Methods in Military Studies (Hardcover)

Alice Cree

ISBN 10: 1538160978 / ISBN 13: 9781538160978

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2023

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Hardcover. What can creative methods offer our understanding of military power and militarised cultures? What constitutes creative research in military studies? And, what are some of the challenges of this type of work? This edited volume brings together authors working at the cutting edge of creative research in military studies, to explore how creativity and creative practice can shed new light on often taken for granted concepts in critical military research. In twelve empirically and conceptually rich chapters, authors from a diverse range of disciplinary fields draw on theatre, model-making, songwriting, dance, spoken word, paper making, and more, to question what military research can and should look like. As a collection, the book explores topics of central concern in military studies such as militarism, military experience, and militarised cultures, as well as more practical questions around ethics, positionality, and research relationships. This path-breaking new volume considers what exactly constitutes creativity in critical military research, while offering the tools for researchers to think anew about big questions in the field. This edited collection explores how creativity and creative practice can enhance research in military studies, and shed new light on military power and militarised cultures. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creative Methods in Military Studies (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538160978
• ISBN 13: 9781538160978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

What can creative methods offer our understanding of military power and militarised cultures? What constitutes ‘creative research’ in military studies? And, what are some of the challenges of this type of work? This edited volume brings together authors working at the cutting edge of creative research in military studies, to explore how creativity and creative practice can shed new light on often taken for granted concepts in critical military research. In twelve empirically and conceptually rich chapters, authors from a diverse range of disciplinary fields draw on theatre, model-making, songwriting, dance, spoken word, paper making, and more, to question what military research can and should look like. As a collection, the book explores topics of central concern in military studies such as militarism, military experience, and militarised cultures, as well as more practical questions around ethics, positionality, and research relationships. This path-breaking new volume considers what exactly constitutes creativity in critical military research, while offering the tools for researchers to think anew about big questions in the field.

About the Author

Alice Cree is a NUAcT Fellow at Newcastle University, UK. Her research expertise lies at the intersection between Critical Military Studies and Feminist Geopolitics, with a particular focus on creative methods in military research. She is principle investigator on the Economic and Social Research Council funded project 'Conflict, Intimacy, and Military Wives: A Lively Geopolitics', and has published work in International Political Sociology, Gender, Place & Culture, and the Journal of War and Culture Studies, among others.