DemCP/REPS book launch - ELIZAVETA GAUFMAN: 'Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation after Crimea', in discussion with Dr. Adrian Rogstad (IRIO) and Dr. Rashid Gabdulkhakov (Media Studies)
| When: | Tu 06-06-2023 16:00 - 17:00 |
| Where: | Room 1315.0031, Harmonie building & Online |
DemCP/REPS sponsored book launch June 6th, 16-17.00, room 1315.0031
Elizaveta Gaufman "Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation after Crimea" (Manchester University Press, 2023), in discussion with Dr. Adrian Rogstad (IRIO) and Dr. Rashid Gabdulkhakov (Media Studies).
Abstract
While everyday high level practices have become an important area of study, the everyday of the every(wo)man has been overlooked both in theoretical and empirical conceptualizations. Building on feminist, sociological, and ethnographic research, this book argues that everyday foreign policy is an assemblage - a combination of physical and cultural practices that inhabit digital and bodily spaces. Following the feminist call to liberate international relations from the straitjacket of high politics, this book contextualizes foreign policy within daily practices of regular citizens, who also have their own motivation behind reposting memes, eating a certain kind of cheese or shaming women for their dating preferences. This book focuses on Russian grass roots foreign policy after the annexation of Crimea, zeroing in on fetishization of Putin, militarization, sanctions, Russian-Turkish and Russian-American relations, FIFA World Cup and the COVID-19 pandemic.
DemCP/REPS sponsored book launch June 6th, 16-17.00, room 1315.0031
Elizaveta Gaufman "Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation after Crimea" (Manchester University Press, 2023), in discussion with Dr. Adrian Rogstad (IRIO) and Dr. Rashid Gabdulkhakov (Media Studies).
Abstract
While everyday high level practices have become an important area of study, the everyday of the every(wo)man has been overlooked both in theoretical and empirical conceptualizations. Building on feminist, sociological, and ethnographic research, this book argues that everyday foreign policy is an assemblage - a combination of physical and cultural practices that inhabit digital and bodily spaces. Following the feminist call to liberate international relations from the straitjacket of high politics, this book contextualizes foreign policy within daily practices of regular citizens, who also have their own motivation behind reposting memes, eating a certain kind of cheese or shaming women for their dating preferences. This book focuses on Russian grass roots foreign policy after the annexation of Crimea, zeroing in on fetishization of Putin, militarization, sanctions, Russian-Turkish and Russian-American relations, FIFA World Cup and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Registration
No registration is required for on-site participation. If you would like to join online, please contact Dr. Gaufman: e.gaufman rug.nl.