Virtual war and magical death : technologies and imaginaries for terror and killing / Neil L. Whitehead and Sverker Finnström, eds.
Contributor(s): Whitehead, Neil L
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TextSeries: Cultures and practice of violence series: Publisher: Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2013Description: x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780822354475 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0822354470 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780822354352 (cloth : alk. paper); 0822354357 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): War and society | War and civilization | War -- Technological innovations | Technology -- Anthropological aspectsDDC classification: 303.6/6 LOC classification: GN497 | .V578 2013Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-277) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Selections originally presented at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2009.
Introduction : virtual war and magical death / Neil L. Whitehead and Sverker Finnström -- Ethnography, knowledge, torture and silence / Neil L. Whitehead -- The role of culture in wars waged by robots : connecting drones, anthropology, and human terrain system's prehistory / David Price -- Cybernetic crystal ball : "forecasting" insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan / Roberto J. González -- Full spectrum : the military invasion of anthropology / R. Brian Ferguson -- Today he is no more : magic, intervention, and global war in Uganda / Sverker Finnström -- The hostile gaze : night vision and the immediation of nocturnal combat in Vietnam and Iraq / Antonius C.G.M. Robben -- Virtual soldiers, cognitive laborers / Robertson Allen -- Virtual war in the tribal zone : airstrikes, drones and losing hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Jeffrey A. Sluka -- Propaganda, gangs and social cleansing in Guatemala / Victoria Sanford -- The soundtrack to war / Matthew Sumera -- War at large : miner magic and the carrion system / Koen Stroeken.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-277) and index.