Spaces of War, War of Spaces emerged from contributions at the 10th Anniversary conference of the Media, War and Conflict Journal in 2018.
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‘Space’ offers a profound, challenging and original framework through which notions of communication, embodiment, enactment, memory and power can be 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.
We use ‘Space’ to consider, evaluate and reflect upon the convergence of war and media through two frames:
- Spaces of War: where we analyse how media spaces (traditional, digital, cultural, aesthetic, mnemonic) are used to position war in space and time in a manner that transforms the conduct, outcomes and consequences of war for all involved.
- War of Spaces: where we analyse how ‘war’ actors (political, military, survivors, victims) utilise, integrate and compete over (media) spaces thereby recreating space and time 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.
Images from the 2018 Spaces of War Conference
