Feel the Grass Grow Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia

"This book expertly and eloquently offers a close examination of how human and more-than-human relations are regenerated in the context of war and its aftermath. Lederach recovers and makes visible how campesino peacebuilding emerges from a distinct ecological imagination, and their efforts to achieve in praxis reparation and reconciliation."-María Clemencia Ramírez, Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia e Historia "Lederach's scholarship is impeccable, deftly fusing Colombian and international scholarship on peacemaking, her own ethnographic insights, and the voices of montemariano peasants, who are not mere interlocutors, but co-thinkers and mentors. This beautifully written book is a powerful example of what collaborative ethnography can be."-Joanne Rappaport, Georgetown University "This is a deeply human and humane book that builds a case for 'slow peace', or peace based on developing relationships over time in a particular place. Angela Lederach has crafted an excellent book that is full of sensitively observed details of how communities get on with life after conflict. The book ties together the themes of the environment, power, temporality and place. It is highly recommended."-Roger Mac Ginty, Durham University "This beautifully written book is a must read for academic and nonacademic readers interested in peace building processes at the grassroots level. Essential."-A. Arraras, CHOICE "This is an excellent ethnographic account of grassroots peace processes in Caribbean Colombia from a postcolonial, posthumanist, and postdevelopmentalist perspective."-Juan Sebastián Rojas E, Journal of Folklore Research Reviews