Practice, Pirates and Coast Guards: the grand narrative of Somali piracy
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Practice, Pirates and Coast Guards : the grand narrative of Somali piracy. / Bueger, Christian.
In: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 10, 01.11.2013, p. 1811-1827.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Practice, Pirates and Coast Guards
T2 - the grand narrative of Somali piracy
AU - Bueger, Christian
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - In this article I develop a practice–theoretical account to provide the first systematic investigation of the justification of Somali piracy. Arguing for an understanding of piracy as a ‘community of practice’, I show how this community is organised by a ‘grand narrative’ that projects piracy as a quasi-state practice of the protection of sovereignty against foreign intruders. Paying attention to narrative provides an explanation for the persistence of piracy and assists us in understanding the phenomenon. Relying on publicly available interviews with pirates, I deconstruct this grand narrative and detail the different functions of the narrative in the light of situations in which it is told. The article develops an alternative perspective on piracy based on the study of practice, narrative and situation that provides new avenues for the study of clandestine, illicit or violent practices.
AB - In this article I develop a practice–theoretical account to provide the first systematic investigation of the justification of Somali piracy. Arguing for an understanding of piracy as a ‘community of practice’, I show how this community is organised by a ‘grand narrative’ that projects piracy as a quasi-state practice of the protection of sovereignty against foreign intruders. Paying attention to narrative provides an explanation for the persistence of piracy and assists us in understanding the phenomenon. Relying on publicly available interviews with pirates, I deconstruct this grand narrative and detail the different functions of the narrative in the light of situations in which it is told. The article develops an alternative perspective on piracy based on the study of practice, narrative and situation that provides new avenues for the study of clandestine, illicit or violent practices.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Sovereignty
KW - Interviews
KW - Piracy
KW - Narratives
KW - violent crime
KW - community
KW - Somalia
KW - political science
KW - Sovereignty
KW - Interviews
KW - Piracy
KW - Narratives
KW - violent crime
KW - community
KW - Somalia
KW - Political Science
U2 - 10.1080/01436597.2013.851896
DO - 10.1080/01436597.2013.851896
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 1811
EP - 1827
JO - Third World Quarterly
JF - Third World Quarterly
SN - 0143-6597
IS - 10
ER -
ID: 209055836