POL389 The Political Life of Security Methods
Credits: 15
Semester: 2
Assessment: Item 1: 40% Essay (2000 words) Item 2: 60% Examination
Convenor: TBC
This module examines contemporary security
practice through the methods they use. It introduces students to (a) the
security life of methods -- how methods shape contemporary security situations
-- and (b) the political controversies about their use -- the political life of
methods. The module will cover a range of controversial methods, for example:
the deployment of anthropological knowledge and methods in counter-insurgency,
the role of algorithms in surveillance, the rise of big data in security governance,
the use of visual methods in security practice and their political
contestation, the rise of forensic methods in criminal investigations of war,
and scenario planning and foresight in anticipating catastrophes. Students will
be expected to gain an understanding of security methods and their limits, and
evaluate their political and social effects.
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