Structural violence

informal sector grew by 10%, while in the formal sector the increase was only 3%.”(Rubio 805-816) In a greater sense, the growth of the Colombian economy is powered informal sector. Consequently, the elite, upper class and upper middle class are the main bodies behind this growth. Therefore, the poorer part of the community is left with scarce resources, uneducated and exploited. The greatest challenge, as a result, is security brought about by violence, an increase in kidnappings and armed conflict among the different classes in society. There are two aspects of development therefore to consider. In terms of economic development, it is important to note that the informal sector, regardless of its perverse nature does bring out a booming economy. Nonetheless, in terms of human development, there may be no other way to tackle its growth without the use of direct violence. This would (if successful) order to create a certain balance and to reconstruct regulations in favour of the majority of the population. This could lead to a continuum of violence because for how long can the poor and less…

It was really amazing what I learned in these past weeks of Structural Violence class. I did my research before registering for this course. I was told the workload is hectic, based on the similar one that was being taught and I was hesitant in registering for the class because of time management. I had three goals in mind. The first was to understand what structural violence mean, how one can identify situation like that and ways to overcome it. Compare them to that of people in underdeveloped…

Often subtle and invisible, structural and symbolic violence play a detrimental role in the U.S food system, ranging from who picks the fruit to who eats the fruit. Structural violence, the violence inflicted on individuals through social institutions further preventing minorities from achieving basic needs and symbolic violence, the naturalization, including internalization of social dynamics while different in their meanings, are intertwined by a common denominator (Holmes, 2013:157). This…

Assignment #2 Structural violence is the idea that some people are more disadvantaged or predisposed to harm than others due to the effects of social structures. It is often subtle or invisible and no individual or culture is the sole cause of the phenomenon (Farmer, 1999: 79). In his book Infections and Inequalities, Dr. Paul Farmer sheds light on the structural violence that contributes to the distribution of disease in Haiti and Peru. He highlights that one main consequence of structural…

Midterm Essay Structural violence occurs when social forces harm or create a disadvantage for people. Neoliberalism is a key part of causing structural violence. In Haiti, this concept causes the impoverished communities to lack in agency, resort to risky behaviours, and endure the tyranny of the powerful military men. The result of structural violence is an increase in health disparities and untimely deaths among Haitians. In Paul Farmer’s Pathologies of Power, Acephie Joseph and Chouchou Louis…

Structural violence occurs when social institutions cause harm to people by way of preventing them from meeting their basic human needs through institutionalized inequalities. Farmer outlines that there is a “strong association with poverty and social inequalities to an understanding of how such inequalities are embodied as differential risk for infection and among those already infected, for adverse outcomes including death.” In other words An Anthropology of Structural Violence, sets out to…

STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE The difference between violence which is direct or personal and violence which is indirect or structural Indirect violence is “--a violation of persons-- which happens because of the way things are put together” Such as societal norms that seem to be irreversible and detrimental to only specific groups of individuals. “To have one's fundamental needs denied because of the way the human world is organized is to experience structural or indirect violence” Direct violence would…

Structural Violence has been the main topic of this course “Cooperation and Conflict”. Structural Violence is basically the legal and systematic oppression of a particular group of people, whether it be a race, religion or a sexuality. Structural violence also has a slow violence side effect to it where it can oppress generations at a time. Specifically in America, Structural violence has a stronghold on African Americans in terms of education, law, and finance just to name a few. We are very…

According to An Anthropology of Structural Violence, structural violence is defined as “violence exerted systematically—that is, indirectly—by everyone who belongs to a certain social order” (Farmer 2001, 307). To put in simpler terms, structural violence is synonymous with oppression. Structural violence is the oppression that a class of people receive. The author, Paul Farmer, summarizes and makes his claim about structural violence by putting it in the context of the struggles that Haiti…

General academia may not be a fan of me - I was captured by Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard - but Northwestern is not general - evidenced by Weinberg College. I can be sure to have great discussions with Northwestern’s Professor Deutscher, because instead of fearing change and constant growth, Northwestern embraces it. Bataille prescribes a thesis against violence, to prevent prejudice, which can be very applicable to socioeconomic and identity oppression. It is a thesis of living through…