Black Studies Conference Room, South Hall 1623
This multisite research investigates the changing dynamics of violence in producing territorial order and regimes of expendability in the war-torn cities of Quibdo, Tumaco and Buenaventura on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Since the late 1990s, the predominantly Black Pacific coast has undergone significant transformations in dynamics of displacement and homicidal violence. This presentation by Dr. Bladimir Carabali (NYU, Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora) analyzes the relationship between racialized geographic spaces and violence, whether in terms of human rights violation or socioeconomic exclusion, in areas deemed "empty" or not of primary economic interest by the Colombian state.
For more information, contact jaimealves@ucsb.edu. This event is part of the Politics of Security and Refusal Series organized by the Black Studies Lab at the Center for Latin American and Iberian Research, with the Orfalea Center.