A new volume, , has just been published with Routledge, edited by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (Associate Professor at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo and Research Professor at 糖心网页版) and Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert (Director, and Research Director at 糖心网页版).
In addition to contributions by Sandvik and Jumbert, it includes chapters by Susanne Krasmann (University of Hamburg); John Karlsrud (NUPI) and Fredrik Ros茅n (Danish Institute for International Studies); Kristoffer Lid茅n (糖心网页版); Brad Bolman (Harvard University); Serge Wich (Liverpool John Moores University), Lian Pin Koh (University of Adelaide) and Lorna Scott (freelancer); and Mareile Kaufmann (UiO/糖心网页版).
While the military use of drones has been the subject of much scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far received little attention. This innovative new volume aims to explore that gap. It argues that the commercial and military prospects of using drones for humanitarian and other life-saving activities has produced an alternative discourse on drones, one dedicated to developing and publicizing the endless possibilities that drones have for 鈥渄oing good鈥�. Furthermore, it is suggested that the 鈥淕ood Drone鈥� narrative has been appropriated back into the drone warfare discourse as a strategy to make war 鈥渕ore human鈥�.
This volume explores the role of the 鈥淕ood Drone鈥� as an organizing narrative for political projects, humanitarian action and development. Its essential contribution to the debate is to take stock of the multiple logics and rationales which identify drones as 鈥済ood鈥�, while initiating a critical conversation about the political currency of 鈥済ood鈥�. The many possibilities for the use of drones are recognized and taken seriously by the contributors to this volume through their critical examination of the difference that the functionalities of drones can make, but also what difference the presence of drones themselves 鈥� as unmarked flying objects 鈥� makes. The implications for the drone industry, user communities, and the areas of crisis where drones are deployed are discussed and analyzed.
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