Welcome to 'Necropolitics Covered'

This is Necropolitics Covered. A mini audio series covering literature on necropolitics one abstract at a time. My name is Liv Roe. I'm a former elected member of the New Zealand local government, with a Master's in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington, where my dissertation focused on necropolitics. While doing my post-grad research, I noticed that not a lot of people around me, even the politically savvy, haven’t even heard about it. I supposed it might have something to do with the fact that compared to many political theories that are centuries old, Achille Mbembe's concept of necropolitics was relatively young, only emerging in the early 2000’s.So, in this series I aim to address that gap in knowledge, particularly for people who are interested in learning about necropolitics. Together, we are going to cover the existing body of literature about or relating to the topic of necropolitics by reading through the abstracts, summaries, or excerpts of academic papers from different sectors and industries all over the world. Unfortunately, this is probably not going to be the kind of short-form content that is going to summarise and simplify everything for you. We are only going through the basics of these papers to hopefully encourage you to find their full pieces to read and get into for yourselves. We have become way too used to just consuming a few minutes of bite-sized information during our scroll and then repeating the same talking points to others without further in-depth reading and reflection. Citations for these sources are always provided. So listen through, get to reading, get to thinking, and get to taking some action. Necropolitics Covered episodes are available on Apple Podcasts. You can also find inks, PDF downloadables, and other bonus stuff on Substack: necropolitics.substack.com. And if you would like to get in touch, send me an email on [email protected]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit necropolitics.substack.com