Gabriel Souza Bastos, CASAS’ member, has just published this article in Portuguese in Revista Mundos do Trabalho. Abstract in English: The article examines an aborted attempt at armed resistance to the 1964 coup, involving a political coalition comprising peasants’ associations and unions, particularly petroleum workers, in the Baixada Fluminense region. Through documentary, journalistic analysis, and…
Estevan Coca, CASAS’ member, has recently published this paper in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene with his colleagues David Meek & Bernardo Mançano Fernandes. Abstract: This article focuses on the contested interconnections between affective labor, agroecological education, and territory in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We understand territory to be both embodied, material and…
CASAS’ member Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey has edited a book with Anika Altaf, Dzodzi Tsikata and Marleen Dekker. Abstract: This Open Access edited volume presents twelve African case studies that systematically reconstruct, document and analyse how national governments and other stakeholders took equity into account in their initial policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the…
Johannes Bhanye, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book Making Sense of Planning and Development for the Post-Pandemic Cities with his colleagues Mareli Hugo, Abraham Matamanda & Kgosi Mocwagae. Abstract: As the aviation industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability of African airports to adapt and innovate has become even more critical….
CASAS’ member, Natacha Bruna, has published a new article in Feminist Africa. Abstract: The implementation of market-based top-down climate mitigation policies is resulting in the expropriation of emission rights of non-polluters while fuelling accumulation by powerful actors. Redirecting political energy from African feminism to alternative non-extractivist climate solutions requires the recognition of the role of…