Investigative Ethnography: A Spatial Approach to Economies of ViolenceFootnote^*

* Funding for the research described in this article was provided by the Social Science Research Council’s Drugs Security and Democracy Program and its International Dissertation Research Fund. Throughout my research, I learned a tremendous amount from the editorial staff of VerdadAbierta.com, especially Juan Diego Restrepo, César Molinares, and Maria Teresa Ronderos.

TEO BALLVÉ, Assistant Professor, Peace & Conflict Studies Program and Department of Geography, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; [[email protected]].

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