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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

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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.