PUBLIC TALK:
  The Human Cost of Drone Warfare
		
Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:00 - Woolnough Lecture Theatre, Geology Building, UWA 
		
A public lecture by Alex Edney-Browne, International Relations,
University of Melbourne.

Imagine living under the eerie "bnng" of an armed drone circling
overhead. Imagine if that was the sound you heard immediately before the
explosion that killed your brother or blasted off your leg. Imagine
knowing that people 7000 miles away could see into your homes and watch
your family from above. Fear, disappointment, anger and hopelessness are
just some of the emotions that Afghan civilians living under drones
experience. With military drones fast-proliferating across the world,
governments and militaries continue to claim that drones cause minimal
harm to civilians and are an effective weapon against terrorism. There
are, however, significant effects on civilians' physical and
psychological health, ability to socialise and move freely and their
cultural customs. Drone warfare’s effectiveness as a counter-terrorism
strategy is dubious at best. In this talk, Alex Edney-Browne discusses
her findings on the wide-ranging effects of drone warfare from
qualitative research in Afghanistan, refugee squats in Greece, and the
United States.
		
URL: https://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/edney-browne
		
For more information:
  Institute of Advanced Studies
  ias@uwa.edu.au
  6488 1340

Starts       : Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:00
Ends         : Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:00
		
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