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Displacements are inherently spatial processes; however, temporalities also mark displacements. Some displacements, such as refugees fleeing armed conflict, may have relatively short lead times; others, such as an individual fleeing domestic violence, may have been gestating for years. Likewise, the time spent in displacement, whether in a temporary shelter or long-term refugee camps, varies greatly. In this chapter, Tyner provides an overview of the temporality of the causes of displacements and the duration of displacement. In so doing, he frames the temporality of displacement within the context of the temporality of violence.
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Tyner, J.A. (2020). The Slow and the Fast Violence of Displacement. In: Adey, P., et al. The Handbook of Displacement. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47178-1_5
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