AI Flashcards Lecture 1
Provide some examples of events that collective violence studies focus on.
Riots, gang violence, lynchings, terrorism, raiding, and civil/small-scale wars.
What are three shared elements found in definitions of collective violence?
Groups & group membership, response to threat/conflict, and a functional component.
What is the central aim of the course ‘Violence Studies 8910V002’?
To better understand Collective Violence (CV).
What are three central questions addressed in the ‘Violence Studies 8910V002’ course?
Why would an individual join a violent group?, Which group processes contribute to CV?, and Understanding the event itself.
What are two types of violence discussed in the course?
Instrumental and Performative/Symbolic Violence.
What is instrumental violence?
Instrumental violence is goal-oriented; violence is used as a means to an end.
What is performative/symbolic violence?
Performative/symbolic violence is expressive in nature and is an end in itself.
What are three disciplinary perspectives on collective violence?
Criminology, Sociology, and (Social) Psychology.
From the perspective of Criminology, what is violence?
A type of Crime or Transgression.
From the perspective of Sociology, what is violence?
A consequence of (unfair) social organisation.
From the perspective of Social Psychology, what is violence?
A type of social behaviour.
Describe the two main categories of research methods used to study collective violence.
Quantitative research methods, also known as ‘the one with the numbers’, use statistics and deductive reasoning. Qualitative research methods are ‘the one without numbers’ and use inductive reasoning to develop theory from data.
