Database research record2017·Colombia (Magdalena Medio)
‘La doble condición’: landmine victims, forced displacement, and disability in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio
Max Counter
Social & Cultural Geography
Urban Farm DB summary
Based on fieldwork with internally displaced landmine victims in Colombia's Magdalena Medio region, this research highlights how the intersection between physical impairment and forced displacement produces disabling spatial imaginaries of fear and painfully embodied rhythms of daily life. The paper draws attention to urban agricultural projects' enabling potential to produce grounding rhythms of labor for landmine victims.