In Colombia, the ongoing armed conflict has had severe effects on internal migration and displacement. While occasions … of mass displacement usually attract significant attention, little is known about why forced displacement in Colombia … consequences and mechanisms of forced slow-onset displacement and focuses on the interactions between "violence," "food security …

Buenaventura, in southwestern Colombia. Relying on six months of fieldwork experience in a hardware shop of Ciudad Blanca, an … impoverished neighborhood, I examine the everyday violence and the responses of the population. Due to the deficient infrastructure …