A research agenda for geographies of slow violence : : making social and environmental injustice visible / / edited by Shannon O'Lear.

• TeilnehmendeR: O'Lear, Shannon,; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Elgar research agendas.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This timely Research Agenda highlights how slow violence, unlike other forms of conflict and direct, physical violence, is difficult to see and measure. It explores ways in which geographers study, analyze and draw attention to forms of harm and violence that have often not been at the forefront of public awareness, including slow violence affecting children, women, Indigenous peoples, and the environment. Demonstrating a range of research methods and theoretical perspectives, this Research Agenda looks at the topic of slow violence through qualitative fieldwork, document analysis, geospatial technologies and cartographic analysis and representation. Key case studies consider slow violence in the form of social injustice, environmental alteration, and harmful human-environment interactions. The chapters also highlight how physical infrastructure, social and legal practices, places that have experienced armed conflict, and groups of people being labeled or marginalised can foster forms of slow violence. Scholars and students of human geography, particularly those looking at decolonization, environmental and social justice and different geographic methods for research, will find this book to be a beneficial read. It will also be useful for those studying structural harm and indirect violence more widely"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

1. Geographies of slow violence: An Introduction / Shannon O'Lear -- 2. Geography, time, and toxic pollution: Slow observation in Louisiana / Thom Davies -- 3. Rhythms of crises: Slow violence temporalities at the intersection of landmines and natural hazards / Ruth Trumble -- 4. Complicating the role of sight: Photographic methods and visibility in slow violence research / John Paul Henry -- 5. Tourism development as slow violence: Dispossession in Guatemala's Maya biosphere reserve / Jennifer A. Devine, Hannah L. Legatzke, Megan Butler and Laura Aileen Sauls -- 6. From violent conflict to slow violence: Climate change and post-conflict recovery in Karamoja, Uganda / Daniel Abrahams -- 7. Enduring infrastructure / Kimberley Anh Thomas -- 8. Slow violence and its multiple implications for children / Sheridan Bartlett -- 9. For indigenous youth: Towards caring and compassion, deconstructing the borderlands of reconciliation / Joseph P. Brewer II and Jay T. Johnson -- 10. The infliction of slow violence on first wives in Kyrgyzstan / Michele E. Commercio -- 11. When rednecks became meth heads: Cultural violence, class anxiety, and the spatial imaginary / Aaron H. Gilbreath -- 12. The slow violence of law and order: Governing through crime / Samuel Henkin and Kelly Overstreet -- 13. Dark cartographies: Mapping slow violence / Peter Vujakovic -- 14. Closing thoughts and opening research pathways on geographies of slow violence / Shannon O'Lear -- Index.