Violent Infrastructure: Protracted Displacement and Housing Injustice in Tskaltubo, Georgia

Abstract

Internal displacement affects tens of millions of people worldwide due to conflict, violence, and natural disasters. Violent Infrastructure: Protracted Displacement and Housing Injustice in Tskaltubo, Georgia explores the experiences of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the Republic of Georgia through multiple lenses, including human rights, housing justice, geography, policymaking, participatory research methods, and photography. This book is a companion to the traveling photo exhibition Violent Infrastructure: Ecologies of Decay and Displacement—both are projects born from a team of creatives, scholars, researchers, students, and Georgian IDPs. Violent Infrastructure gives a voice to Georgian IDPs, provides readers a rare and vivid opportunity to look into their lives, and highlights the work that still needs to be done to improve the quality of life of IDPs in Georgia and beyond.