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The Wretched of the City: Geographies of Policing and Black Rage in the Urban Margins of Latin America

In this presentation, anthropologist Jaime Alves brings into sharp focus the phenomenon of gang violence in relation to enduring spatial inequalities in a racially divided city. Through an analysis of marginal and insurgent black political life within contexts of state-produced social death, he considers three related issues: a) the programs of spatial discipline imposed by the state to curb gang violence; b) the spatial praxis of young black men engaged in retaliatory violence against the state; and c) the alternative spatialities that emerge from such territorial contests. He asks: how might a focus on gang violence as insurgent politics change and/or expand our understanding of urban politics of resistance (usually framed through the lenses of "the right to the city“)? How is everyday life reproduced and sustained within the margins of an anti-black city?

Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Carroll Building (Statesboro Campus), Atrium
1360 Southern Dr., Statesboro, GA 30458

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