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Community of Peace: Performing Geographies of Ecological Dignity in Colombia

Community of Peace: Performing Geographies of Ecological Dignity in Colombia - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher CourtheynSeries:Pitt Latin AmericanPublish date:2022-03-29Pages:308
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822947141ISBN-10:822947145UPC:9780822947141Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Latin America, PeaceBook Topic:South AmericaSize:9.13 x 5.98 x 1.26 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCSKGP8HGP
Achieving peace is often thought about in terms of military operations or state negotiations. Yet it also happens at the grassroots level, where communities envision and create peace on their own. The San Jos? de Apartad? Peace Community of small-scale farmers has not waited for a top-down peace treaty. Instead, they have actively resisted forced displacement and co-optation by guerrillas, army soldiers, and paramilitaries for two decades in Colombia's war-torn Urab? region. Based on ethnographic action research over a twelve-year period, Christopher Courtheyn illuminates the community's understandings of peace and territorial practices against ongoing assassinations and displacement. San Jos?'s peace through autonomy reflects an alternative to traditional modes of politics practiced through electoral representation and armed struggle. Courtheyn explores the meaning of peace and territory, while also interrogating the role of race in Colombia's war and the relationship between memory and peace. Amid the widespread violence of today's global crisis, Community of Peace illustrates San Jos?'s rupture from the logics of colonialism and capitalism through the construction of political solidarity and communal peace.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822947141ISBN-10:822947145UPC:9780822947141Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Latin America, PeaceBook Topic:South AmericaSize:9.13 x 5.98 x 1.26 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCSKGP8HGP

Christopher Courtheyn is assistant professor in the School of Public Service at Boise State University. He earned his PhD in geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a BA in Latin American studies from the University of California, Berkeley.


Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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