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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Rachel WoodwardORCiD, Dr Neil Jenkings
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020.
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Military geographical research often requires direct engagement with military institutions. Although the morality of such engagements is often debated, the details of engagement in practice have been less scrutinised. Scrutiny is important, as military engagements can shape research-derived critiques and can influence the communication of research outcomes to both military and academic research communities. Military engagement comprises the communication of data, theories and concepts about military activities and phenomena, with military personnel and institutions, in textual, representational and interpersonal modes. The paper examines Geography’s history of research engagement to show the complexities and debates around this seemingly straightforward idea. It then introduces a research project and wider research programme on the UK Armed Forces Reserves which provides the empirical context from which we draw our observations about military engagement. We then consider two issues, language and institutional cultures, for their insights into the complexities of military engagement. We conclude by considering the politics of engagement in contemporary critical military geographical research.
Author(s): Woodward R, Dawes A, Edmunds T, Higate P, Jenkings KN
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Area
Year: 2020
Volume: 52
Issue: 3
Pages: 505-513
Print publication date: 01/09/2020
Online publication date: 08/05/2020
Acceptance date: 01/05/2020
Date deposited: 04/05/2020
ISSN (print): 0004-0894
ISSN (electronic): 1475-4762
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12629
DOI: 10.1111/area.12629
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