Temporary Logic: Precaution, Landscape, and Suspected Hazardous Areas

• In Event: Disaster Environments: Human/Non-Human Entanglements in the Wake of Catastrophe

Abstract

This paper explores how a precautionary logic, the marking off of areas suspected of landmine contamination, is utilized by state and international organizations with the discourse of protecting the population. I argue that this logic, without timely removal of unexploded ordinances such as landmines, is flawed and creates a negative peace.

Author

• Ruth Trumble, Hofstra U