Genocide scholars help constitute the violence they study

Evidence

Scholars, activists, and jurists who endeavor to challenge racialized violence do not stand above or apart from the politics of the situations they study; they play in particular key roles in interpellating violence, creating intertextual relations between the accounts of “victims,” “perpetrators,” journalists, jurists, and mass audiences. In doing so, they help determine the success or failure of other parties who attempt to effect these discursive and political transformations. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 291 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Genocide scholars actively shape the politics of the violence they study. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 291; Certain scholars’ writings directly enable the dehumanization behind mass violence; Discursive battles over genocide labels shape violence itself, not just its description — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 289 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Genocide scholars actively shape the politics of the violence they study. #expands (0.97) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 291