Security and State Transformation: An Anthropology of Kenya's War on Terror, 1998-2016 (WGF - Dissertation Fieldwork Grant)

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This resource is an application for the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

My project is a study of Kenya's 'war on terror,' examining how security practices and counterterrorism are affecting urban space and state power. In recent years Kenya has experienced a number of terrorist attacks that have profoundly impacted the country, placing security at the center of national politics and transforming the very institutions of state security. Through historic and ethnographic analysis of the effects of the 'war on terror' on urban spaces, state practices and institutions, I analyze the broader security-led transformation of Kenyan society. My project studies such processes through: (1) historical research on the evolution of Kenya's response to terrorism since the 1998 US Embassy bombings; (2) the legal and institutional reforms of the Kenyan security sector (3) the impacts of security practices and counterterrorism policing in the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh.

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• WGF - Support for Research Projects   •
• Wenner-Gren Foundation

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