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‘Now that you mention it, museums probably are a target’ : museums, terrorism and security in the United Kingdom

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Date
2020
Author
Atkinson, Colin
Yates, Donna
Brooke, Nick
Keywords
Museum security
Counter-terrorism
Policing
Securitisation
Communities
AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
K Law
JZ International relations
NDAS
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Abstract
This article explores counter-terrorism security practices at museums in the United Kingdom (UK), locations that terrorists have targeted through both propaganda and operational activity. Drawing upon research that re-interprets the museum within the ‘single narrative’ of global jihadist terrorism, an outlook that justifies and legitimises the targeting of socio-cultural sites from instrumental and symbolic perspectives, this article highlights the important roles of the police Counter Terrorism Security Adviser (CTSA) and the museum security manager in counter-terrorism practice at museums in the UK. The practices of highlighting risk to the museum and managing risk in the museum environment are subsequently outlined. In doing so two key challenges facing counter-terrorism security practice in the museum are noted: the cost of implementing counter-terrorism measures and the cultural challenge of communicating and responsibly embedding such security thinking in everyday practice. The researchers also reflect upon the potential consequences of the implementation of counter-terrorism security measures at museums as a form of securitisation.
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Atkinson , C , Yates , D & Brooke , N 2020 , ' ‘Now that you mention it, museums probably are a target’ : museums, terrorism and security in the United Kingdom ' , Museum Management and Curatorship , vol. 35 , no. 2 , pp. 109-124 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1683881
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Museum Management and Curatorship
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1683881
ISSN
0964-7775
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2019.1683881
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23114

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