Enemy Encounters
Enemy Encounters
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Know your enemy, love your enemy – enmity as the most extreme form of antagonism is often full of ambivalences. Entangling hatred and fear with respect and even admiration, the construction of the enemy is seldom as clear-cut as it seems. In this podcast, members of the research and training group “Ambivalent Enmity” at Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies will talk to selected guests to explore the ambivalences of enmity over time and space. Brace yourself for Enemy Encounters!
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The podcast delves into diverse topics related to enmity, with specific episodes focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Tamil nationalism. For instance, one episode discusses Arab intellectual perspectives on Jews and Zionism, while another examines the Sri Lankan civil war and theTamil diaspora's role, highlighting the layered complexities in understanding enmity historically and contemporaneously.
Know your enemy, love your enemy – enmity as the most extreme form of antagonism is often full of ambivalences. Entangling hatred and fear with respect and even admiration, the construction of the enemy is seldom as clear-cut as it seems. In this podcast, members of the research and training group “Ambivalent Enmity” at Heidelberg University and the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies will talk to selected guests to explore the ambivalences of enmity over time and space. Brace yourself for Enemy Encounters!
In our latest episode, Sou-Jie van Brunnersum, journalist and Mercator Fellow at the RTG ‘Ambivalent Enmity’, reports on her fieldwork and research in indigenous communities in Okinawa and Greenland. Though geographically far apart, both islands find themselves in zones of geopolitical friction. In her conversation with Dr Barend Noordam, Sou-Jie van Brunnersum discusses the militarisation of the Asia-Pacific region and the Arctic, and sheds light on the perspectives of local communities regarding the presence of the US military. What concerns do indigenous communities voice amid the intensified militarisation of their home regions? Do Greenlanders and Okinawans feel more or less safe in the presence of US soldiers? What ambivalences arise in daily interactions between locals and foreign troops? Tune in for answers!
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