We propose that contemporary militarization be understood as part of the continued legacy and consequence of colonial practices and (neo-)imperial logics. We reveal how, in spaces characterized by the palimpsestic legacies and consequences of colonialism and militarization, the latter functions as an accumulative process that glosses over, silences, and normalizes past and present practices of violence and control. Accordingly, the process of demilitarization begins by deconstructing these multiple layers, especially in countries with very recent histories of coloniality. Lampedusa and Lebanon both serve as case studies of contemporary epistemologies of militarization within and beyond the fluid contours of today’s Global South. They are deeply contested sites whose dense imperial, colonial, and militarized histories are embodied in generations of inhabitants, the consequences of which resonate in real-time. The future of these sites and their populaces are open-ended, and how individuals and collectives will remember and represent them remains, in many ways, contingent on current events.

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全球南方军事化的当代认识论：兰佩杜萨和黎巴嫩的Palimpsests和积累过程

我们建议将当代军事化理解为殖民实践和（新）帝国逻辑的持续遗产和后果的一部分。我们揭示了在以平民主义遗留以及殖民主义和军事化后果为特征的空间中，军事化如何作为掩盖，沉默并使过去和现在的暴力与控制行为正常化的累积过程发挥作用。因此，非军事化的过程首先是解构这些多层结构，尤其是在具有殖民历史的国家中。兰佩杜萨（Lampedusa）和黎巴嫩（Lebanon）都是当代军事化认识论的个案研究，这些认识论在当今全球南方的流动轮廓之内外。他们是激烈竞争的地点，其帝国，殖民地，军事化的历史体现在几代居民中，其后果实时引起共鸣。这些地点及其居民的未来是无限的，个人和集体如何记住和代表他们的方式在许多方面仍取决于时事。