Community of Peace: Performing Geographies of Ecological Dignity in Colombia

by Christopher Courtheyn

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822947145
• ISBN13: 9780822947141
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"