Adventure, precarity and colonial nostalgia: A conversation with Jethro Norman

Jethro Norman; Heidi Mogstad

Adventure, precarity and colonial nostalgia: A conversation with Jethro Norman

Jethro Norman (Performer)
, Heidi Mogstad (Producer)

Chr. Michelsen Institut, Norge

Research output: Non-Text Contribution › Sound Production (digital) › Communication

Abstract

In this episode, Heidi Mogstad talks to Jethro Norman about his ethnographic research with European veterans working and living as private military and security contractors in East Africa. Jethro argues for the importance of taking seriously the voices and experiences of veterans and ‘mercenaries’, including their attachments to and critiques of their own societies, the military, and national and colonial history.

Original language	English
Publication date	2 Jan 2023
Place of Publication	Bergen
Media of output	Podcast
Size	27:35
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2023

Keywords

Private military
Private security
Private security contractors
East Africa

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Adventure, precarity and colonial nostalgia: A conversation with Jethro Norman

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Between privilege and precarity: European soldiers remobilizing as private security contractors in Africa: an interview with Jethro Norman by Heidi Mogstad

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