Jill Gibbon, Author at Independent Social Research Foundation

What My Undercover Investigations At Arms Fairs Reveal About How The West Supports Military Dictatorships

Jill Gibbon arms trade, human rights, isrf, isrf fellows, the conversation, war, weapons 16 November 2022

Analysis shows 21 out of 30 countries on the UK government’s list of repressive regimes received UK military equipment.

Putting the Needs of the Customer Front and Centre

Jill Gibbon arms trade, bulletin, isrf, isrf fellows, violence, war, weapons 4 April 2022

Jill Gibbon has visited many international arms fairs disguised as a consultant. There she learned that in the global arms trade, only the needs of the customer truly count.

Gifts From Arms Fairs

Jill Gibbon aesthetics, art, objects, war, weapons 4 May 2020

At arms fairs, many companies give away complimentary gifts – stress balls in the shape of bombs and grenades, rubber tanks, condoms, and sweets with slogans. What might these objects tell us about the way weapons are regarded in the arms industry?

I Go Undercover into Arms Fairs – and Secretly Draw Caricatures of the ‘Hell’ I Find There

Jill Gibbon arms trade, art, etiquette, the conversation 10 May 2018

There’s a disturbing disconnect between the polite etiquette of arms fairs and the hell that their products create.

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What My Undercover Investigations At Arms Fairs Reveal About How The West Supports Military Dictatorships

Putting the Needs of the Customer Front and Centre

Gifts From Arms Fairs

I Go Undercover into Arms Fairs – and Secretly Draw Caricatures of the ‘Hell’ I Find There

How British Theatre Censorship Laws Have Inadvertently Created A Rich Archive Of Black History

Workshop Announcement: Richard Wollheim’s “The Good Self and the Bad Self”

First Book Grant & Independent Scholar Fellowship Competitions – Awards Announcement

What David Hockney’s new exhibition can teach us about finding beauty and joy this winter

A Republican Bubble? How Pollsters and Pundits Got The US Midterms So Wrong

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