The Slow Violence

The Slow Violence. The slow violence that threatens the Marshall Islands threatens us all. A violence that occurs gradually and out of sight a violence of delayed destruction that is dispersed across time and space an attritional violence that is typically not viewed as violence at all Nixon 2011 2.

The nature of slow violence also means it tends to compound with one type begetting another. The slow violence of sugar. Over a lifespan people living in conflict-affected areas can be exposed to multiple psychological adversities that are either directly experienced witnessed or anticipated as the climate crisis deepens.

The slow violence of sugar.

What is slow environmental violence. A violence that occurs gradually and out of sight a violence of delayed destruction that is dispersed across time and space an attritional violence that is typically not viewed as violence at all. Our government is in crisis. The term slow violence was initially used to describe the gradual often invisible but ultimately devastating impact of climate change and deforestation on the environment and.