Ulrich Oslender is Associate Professor of Geography at Florida International University and the coeditor of Bridging Scholarship and Activism: Reflections from the Frontlines of Collaborative Research.

List of Abbreviations  vii

Acknowledgments  xi

Prologue. Black Communities in Colombia and the Constitution of 1991  1

Introduction. The Geographies of Social Movements  7

1. Toward a Critical Place Perspective on Social Movements  25

Interlude. Meeting Don Agapito: Reflections on Fieldwork  36

2. Mapping Meandering Poetics and an Aquatic Sense of Place: Oral Tradition as Hidden Transcript of Resistance  46

3. Historical Geographies of Resistance and Convivencia in the Pacific Lowlands  92

4. Mobilizing the Aquatic Space: The Forming of Community Councils  135

5. Ideals, Practices, and Leadership of the Community Councils  159

Epilogue  205

Notes  221

Glossary  251

References  255

Index  277

Ulrich Oslender is Associate Professor of Geography at Florida International University and the coeditor of Bridging Scholarship and Activism: Reflections from the Frontlines of Collaborative Research.