Extermination as Protection: Ethnographic Reflections on the Meaning of War Today
Isaac Blacksin Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Journalism How do we come to know war and violence? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork across several war zones, this talk assesses journalistic representation and the understandings of war it elicits or disavows. Dr. Blacksin's research with journalists from leading media organizations reveals a narrative transformation of war from the effects of policy on populations to the effects of violence on bodies. This transformation bears significant consequence for what we think war is today.The Rosenheim Early Career Scholar Lecture was established in 2025 by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research. Named for James "Jim" Rosenheim, founding director of the Glasscock Center, this award honors a junior faculty member for their outstanding humanities scholarship.
