Publication alert: Working Paper on The Disruptive Force of Earthquakes”

Publication alert: Working Paper on The Disruptive Force of Earthquakes”

Slow Memory and the Disruptive Force of Earthquakes 

Tamara Banjeglav

Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sara Helin-Long

PhD, University of College Cork, Cork, Ireland

for Working Group 4

In this working paper, we contend with the potential of earthquakes, as natural disasters, to address and reveal forms of political slow violence in two contexts, Chile and Croatia. In these case studies, we demonstrate how earthquakes as physical disruptions and metaphorical breaks, not only have the potential to call attention to moments of political, human violence, but also to prolonged crises that go beyond temporary interruptions of everyday life. The forms of violence in Chile and Croatia take two forms – political state violence and structural violence – however, we notice similarities in the effective and eruptive force of earthquakes to reveal that which had been dormant, thereby causing irruptions of memories and realities.

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