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Chairs(s):

Ashton Shortridge, Michigan State University

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Description:

Violence and genocide have profound impacts on society. The rich and diverse approaches of geographic analysis have yet to be fully applied to the study of such phenomena. The aim of this special session is to demonstrate the contributions that geographic approaches can make to our understanding of violence or genocide.

While the diversity of violent events in terms of actors, drivers, and dynamics poses a challenge for a comprehensive and generalizable understanding, a common feature is their spatial imprint. Employing the rich and diverse approaches used by geographers to analyze spatial aspects of these events will advance not only our understanding of violence and genocide, but will also stimulate new conversations about the methods of inquiry and their emergent applications.

This special session solicits a diverse range of geographic studies using one or more of an array of geographic methods, qualitative, quantitative, or mixed, to (i) focus on specific instances of violence or genocide, (ii) compare two or more such instances to identify common and divergent aspects, or (iii) consider ways in which geographic methods may be deployed to better analyze, understand, and educate about such events. Other broad aims that integrate geographic analysis into the study of violence or genocide are also welcome.

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