| ID | 110760 |
| Title Proper | Symbolic warfare in the ethnocratic State |
| Other Title Information | conceptualising memorialisation and territoriality in Sri Lanka |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | McDowell, Sara |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Ethnocracies defend and protect the hegemony and territory of a dominant ethnic-nation. This article considers how paramilitary or guerrilla organisations professing to act on behalf of minority groups have used non-violent spatial practices such as memorialisation to contest the authority of the ethnocratic state and reassert their own (with varying success). Within ethnocracies where territory is fiercely contested memorialisation has the specific capacity to extend the parameters of conflict constituting a form of symbolic warfare. In exploring the nexus between memorialisation and territoriality this article reflects on the symbolic conflict between the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka before the former's obliteration in May 2009. |
| `In' analytical Note | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol. 24, No.1; Jan-Mar 2012: p.22-37 |
| Journal Source | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol. 24, No.1; Jan-Mar 2012: p.22-37 |
| Key Words | Ethnocracy ; LTTE ; Memorialisation ; Peace Process ; Sri Lanka ; Sri Lankan Army ; Territoriality |