ABSTRACT

On 23 July 2018, up to five million cubic meters of water plummeted from the reservoir of the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy dam, causing the biggest catastrophic event ever to occur in Laos related to a hydropower dam. But even before the dam broke it was already causing considerable social and environmental impacts, ones that constitute slow violence. Catastrophic and slow violence are, however, not simply separate entities. Rather, catastrophic violence can variously shift into becoming slow violence. This indicates the importance of temporality, and the need to be increasingly vigilant in addressing problems associated with certain types of projects.

摘要

2018 年 7 月 23 日，多达 500 万立方米的水从 Xe Pian Xe Namnoy 大坝的水库中倾泻而下，造成老挝有史以来最大的与水电大坝有关的灾难性事件。但即使在大坝破裂之前，它就已经造成了相当大的社会和环境影响，这些影响构成了缓慢的暴力。然而，灾难性和缓慢的暴力不仅仅是独立的实体。相反，灾难性暴力可以不同程度地转变为缓慢的暴力。这表明临时性的重要性，以及在解决与某些类型的项目相关的问题时需要越来越警惕。