Abstract
The zombie genre is quickly becoming a feature of International Relations (IR) classrooms and pedagogical toolkits as scholars enthusiastically embrace the undead as a vehicle for teaching the discipline. This article offers a cautionary note on a generally positive move to embrace the use of zombieism in IR. It shows how an uncritical use of a zombie apocalypse as a vehicle for teaching IR can reinforce existing divisions in the field, essentialise country positions, crowd out heterodox approaches, reinforce gender stereotypes and dehumanise people. To guard against these problems, the article shows how Zombie IR can be better used to think critically and normatively about world politics.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 5-18 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Politics |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- zombies
- popular culture
- international relations
- pedagogy
- active learning