Feral Animals, Rastrojo, and Dispossession

Images of the Afterlives of War in Bajo Atrato, Colombia

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ID2285209
AuthorsDaniel Ruiz‐serna (0000-0002-4583-2180, University of British Columbia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume26
Issue3-4
Pages510-536
Publication date2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1935-4932 • E-ISSN: 1935-4940
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jlca.12562
OpenAlexW3215147271
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited34

This article examines the ruinous traces left by armed conflict in the villages of Afro-Colombian rural peoples living in Bajo Atrato, a region located in the Colombian Pacific lowlands. Through a set of images that illustrate the way animals and plants participate in the decline of abandoned houses and fields, I argue that war is not just a phenomenon unfolding in particular places but rather a force producing such places. Attention to the lasting effects produced by rubble, resurgent forests, feral animals, and trees pocked from gunfire compels us to reconsider how to assess the environmental impacts of war

Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Phenomenon · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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