CASAS
Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
CASAS is a community of scholar-activists from the Global South working in agrarian studies. It is a network emerging from the 2019 Journal of Peasant Studies Writeshop on Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism in Beijing. It has expanded through subsequent editions, and it is self-organised by Writeshop participants.
CASAS promotes scholarship and activism in critical agrarian studies and alternative ways of navigating the structural barriers in academia by following principles of solidarity and mutual care.
Members’ Spotlight
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Who is who in CASAS? Tamara Wattnem
CASAS’ member Tamara A. Wattnem is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Trinity University. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she specialized in the sociology of development, environmental sociology, and critical agrarian studies. Her research explores the politics and implications of the deepening of extractivism in Latin America.
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Who is who in CASAS: Amrita Sharma
Amrita Sharma is an Associate Professor at O P Jindal Global University in Haryana, India. She teaches political studies and works across political economy, political anthropology, political ecology, critical agrarian studies, and political geography. Her research examines the everyday politics of conflicts, resistance, and social movements, with a sustained focus on sovereignty, development, extractivism, nationalism,…
LATEST NEWS
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Rural women and coping with extreme heat in South Western Zimbabwe: livelihoods, water and energy
Patience Chadambuka (CASAS’ member) has published this article with colleagues Talent Moyo & Sandra Bhatasara in Cogent Social Sciences. Abstract: This article focuses on rural women’s agency and innovation in the context of the global acceleration of climate change-induced extreme heat. Specifically, it considers the…
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Financing critical-mineral infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developmental de-risking or green financial extractivism in the DRC and Zimbabwe?
Kennedy Manduna (CASAS’ member) and Paul Mukoki have published this paper in Resources Policy. Abstract: The global shift towards low-carbon energy systems has heightened demand for copper, cobalt, and lithium, driving investment in African mineral projects. However, developmental outcomes are shaped not only by extraction…
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
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- Rural women and coping with extreme heat in South Western Zimbabwe: livelihoods, water and energy
- Who is who in CASAS? Tamara Wattnem
- Financing critical-mineral infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developmental de-risking or green financial extractivism in the DRC and Zimbabwe?
- WEBINAR: pESTICIDES AND INEQUALITES
- Contract farming and social movements
- The Political Economy of Land Grabbing and Deforestation in Times of Peace and War: Lessons from the Colombian Amazon (2016–2024)