Omer Aijazi is a critical disaster studies scholar and decolonial ethnographer with long-term commitments in Kashmir and Northern Pakistan. He is a Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester.

• Author's NoteIntroduction Life Finds a WayThe Mountains EchoScenes Scene One. Betrayal ۹Scene Two. Kindness ۲۲Scene Three. Friendship ۸Scene Four. Ugly Feelings ۱Scene Five. Opacity ۳Epilogue HeartworkHave You Eaten?Dissident Knowledge(s)Who Can Stand with Kashmir?NotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"Omer Ajazi's writing is poetic, radical and uncannily perceptive. His work will deeply resonate with scholars interested in knowing life in its entirety, life amidst chaos and ruins. A political necessity, Aijazi's book holds valuable insights for anyone who breathes. It's a rarity and a pleasure to encounter this kind of scholarship that oscillates between heartbeats and heartaches. This is the kind of scholarship that continually simplifies the self and amplifies the other, healing our souls, shaking our mind-hearts." (Anthropology Book Forum) "Atmospheric Violence is a groundbreaking and visually stunning book that delivers a sophisticated read with a distinctive voice and nuanced narratives. Combining seemingly disparate areas of research and theories from the so-called margins that desperately need to be in conversation, Omer Aijazi deftly breaks out of silos to show us the potential of creative ethnography for the twenty-first century!" (Gina Athena Ulysse, author of A Call to Rasanblaj: Black Feminist Futures and Ethnographic Aesthetics)

Omer Aijazi is a critical disaster studies scholar and decolonial ethnographer with long-term commitments in Kashmir and Northern Pakistan. He is a Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester.

• Author's NoteIntroduction Life Finds a WayThe Mountains EchoScenes Scene One. Betrayal ۹Scene Two. Kindness ۲۲Scene Three. Friendship ۸Scene Four. Ugly Feelings ۱Scene Five. Opacity ۳Epilogue HeartworkHave You Eaten?Dissident Knowledge(s)Who Can Stand with Kashmir?NotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"Omer Ajazi's writing is poetic, radical and uncannily perceptive. His work will deeply resonate with scholars interested in knowing life in its entirety, life amidst chaos and ruins. A political necessity, Aijazi's book holds valuable insights for anyone who breathes. It's a rarity and a pleasure to encounter this kind of scholarship that oscillates between heartbeats and heartaches. This is the kind of scholarship that continually simplifies the self and amplifies the other, healing our souls, shaking our mind-hearts." (Anthropology Book Forum) "Atmospheric Violence is a groundbreaking and visually stunning book that delivers a sophisticated read with a distinctive voice and nuanced narratives. Combining seemingly disparate areas of research and theories from the so-called margins that desperately need to be in conversation, Omer Aijazi deftly breaks out of silos to show us the potential of creative ethnography for the twenty-first century!" (Gina Athena Ulysse, author of A Call to Rasanblaj: Black Feminist Futures and Ethnographic Aesthetics)

Omer Aijazi is a critical disaster studies scholar and decolonial ethnographer with long-term commitments in Kashmir and Northern Pakistan. He is a Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester.

• Author's NoteIntroduction Life Finds a WayThe Mountains EchoScenes Scene One. Betrayal ۹Scene Two. Kindness ۲۲Scene Three. Friendship ۸Scene Four. Ugly Feelings ۱Scene Five. Opacity ۳Epilogue HeartworkHave You Eaten?Dissident Knowledge(s)Who Can Stand with Kashmir?NotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"Omer Ajazi's writing is poetic, radical and uncannily perceptive. His work will deeply resonate with scholars interested in knowing life in its entirety, life amidst chaos and ruins. A political necessity, Aijazi's book holds valuable insights for anyone who breathes. It's a rarity and a pleasure to encounter this kind of scholarship that oscillates between heartbeats and heartaches. This is the kind of scholarship that continually simplifies the self and amplifies the other, healing our souls, shaking our mind-hearts." (Anthropology Book Forum) "Atmospheric Violence is a groundbreaking and visually stunning book that delivers a sophisticated read with a distinctive voice and nuanced narratives. Combining seemingly disparate areas of research and theories from the so-called margins that desperately need to be in conversation, Omer Aijazi deftly breaks out of silos to show us the potential of creative ethnography for the twenty-first century!" (Gina Athena Ulysse, author of A Call to Rasanblaj: Black Feminist Futures and Ethnographic Aesthetics)