Tools for Researching Militarism
“Establishing Trust and Accountability: An Integrated Approach to Research on Militarism,” Fellowship Magazine, Spring 2011
Handbooks and Guides
Participatory Research Toolkit - The Data Center
Freedom of Information Act Guide - National Security Archives
The Pentagon Labyrinth: Ten Short Essays to Get You Through It - Center for Defense Information (2011)
The Arms Trade Revealed - Federation of American Scientists (1998 but still relevant)
Military Spending: Researching Impacts on Your Campus or Community - guide compiled by Western States Legal Foundation (2003, but most links still active)
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask - University of California
Conducting Interviews - The Data Center
Sources of Information
A source list for researching militarism - Zoltan Grossman and John Lindsay-Poland (2011)
Internet Public Library - ask a librarian a reference question
Sources on military recruitment - compiled by Seth Kershner
Recorded Webinars
Stop Hitting on Our Kids: Researching Military Recruitment
Webinar with Sam Diener and Pat Elder
May 2, 2012 - You can stream a recording of this webinar here.
Follow the Money: Investigating Military Contracts
Webinar with Nick Schwellenbach, Project on Government Oversight
February 16, 2012 - You can stream a recording of this webinar here.
Where Are the Women? Feminist Research of U.S. Militarism
Webinar with scholar activists Cynthia Enloe and Gwyn Kirk
January 30, 2012 - You can stream a recording of this webinar here.
Sleuthing Militarism from Official Sources - Webinar with researchers Lora Lumpe and Adam Isacson
October 27, 2011-You can stream a recording of this webinar here.
Download a copy of Adam’s presentation (pdf) and Lora’s presentation (pdf) for this webinar
Using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Webinar with Nate Jones
December 1, 2011
Click here to stream a recording of this webinar.
Download a PDF file of presenation slides.
Case Studies
The Soldier as Super-Citizen: Collaboration to Challenge JROTC, by Seth Kershner, Fellowship Magazine, Winter 2011
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