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Argument for broader focus on visual culture(s) in study of extremist groups, in addition to existing studies: voxpol.eu/we-need-a-visu…;

I used visual primary sources extensively in my dissertation (& will in the #IslamizingRebelGovernance book project):
…illidissertationsources.wordpress.com
Including visuals in published (especially paper) publications can be a challenge to reproduction issues/costs. Setting up an accessible digital site works well.

I first did tried it out in 2013 for a CTC Sentinel article: occidentblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/vis…
& for a 2016 NGO report on Al-Shabab, featuring a separate media archive database that unfortunately was not publicly rolled out until some time after its publication & w/o edited film clips I'd prepared:
hate-speech.org/new-report-on-…

Database link: hate-speech.org/shababreport/

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