Deradicalizing the city

This doctoral research project is part of a larger project that investigates how (1) notions of 'urban security' are influenced and transformed by the 'war on terror' and the fight against radicalisation and (2) what impact this has on notions of connectedness and (in)security among the residents of the targeted neighbourhoods. The neighbourhoods that are at the heart of this project have been subjected to intense policing, media interest, and all kinds of academic and/or governmental research. This results in a high degree of distrust, fatigue ('research fatigue'), and refusal to participate in research projects ('non-response'). My research, as an audio-visual artist, focuses on the development of creative, artistic methodologies or techniques that enable residents of the targeted neighbourhoods to articulate how they experience life under research, media, and security surveillance. The artistic practices and experiments that will be developed will revolve around the central questions of the ID-N project. Within this framework, I will use, explore and deepen innovative artistic methods that do not act as a short-lived experiment but become a central research tool and allow communities to reflect on their lived experiences. The research aims to develop innovative tools and methods based on artistic practices.