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Zombies and IR: a critical reading

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:42 authored by Erin Hannah, Rorden Wilkinson
The zombie genre is quickly becoming a feature of International Relations (IR) classrooms and pedagogical toolkits as scholars enthusiastically embrace the undead as a vehicle for teaching the discipline. This article offers a cautionary note on a generally positive move to embrace the use of zombieism in IR. It shows how an uncritical use of a zombie apocalypse as a vehicle for teaching IR can reinforce existing divisions in the field, essentialise country positions, crowd out heterodox approaches, reinforce gender stereotypes and dehumanise people. To guard against these problems, the article shows how Zombie IR can be better used to think critically and normatively about world politics.

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  • Published

Journal

Politics

ISSN

1467-9256

Publisher

Blackwell

Issue

1

Volume

36

Page range

5-18

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  • International Relations Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-05-07

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