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Courtroom ethnography in the context of terrorism: a multi-level approach
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Abstract This paper addresses terrorism trials as sites of research and proposes an approach for the analysis of ethnographic data collected during these trials. The suggested approach offers multi-level analytical access, it centers around interactionist conceptions and knowledge discourses. The conceptual ... view more
This paper addresses terrorism trials as sites of research and proposes an approach for the analysis of ethnographic data collected during these trials. The suggested approach offers multi-level analytical access, it centers around interactionist conceptions and knowledge discourses. The conceptual framework we suggest is spelled out in terms of how to observe and being sensitive of (re-)production of power structures inside the courtroom as well as in regard to relations imported into the courtroom. For this purpose, we integrate (i) the micro-level of courtroom interactions and (ii) (self-)presentation, (iii) the meso-level of knowledge (re)production and the establishment of knowledge orders and (iv) an intersectional perspective on gender, race, and class in knowledge discourses. By applying a multi-level approach, we open up new explanatory avenues to understand the constitution of terrorism as a socio-legal object. The methodical framework connects hitherto unconnected elements, that is, participants' interactions and negotiation, their (self-)representations, ascriptions and narrative performances, and knowledge (re-)production in order to establish or maintain political and social orders.... view less
Keywords
terrorism; trial; legal proceedings; ethnography; radicalization; intersectionality; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Judiciary
Free Keywords
trials; extremism; courtroom; methodology; interactionist; knowledge discourse
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-11
Journal
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21 (2022)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221090059
ISSN
1609-4069
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed