CASAS’ member Ricardo Brito has just published this article in Novos Estudos Cebrap, both in Portuguese and English. Abstract: Through the analysis of official documents, the notion of security is identified as central to characterizing the corporate-military dictatorship. By examining the conceptions and demands put forward by rural landowners, bureaucratic technicians, and military officials, we…
Who is who in CASAS: Bruno Prado
Bruno Prado is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA) at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). He works as programme coordinator in AS-PTA Agroecology and Family Farming and is a member of the Working Group in Climate Justice & Agroecology within the…
Fieldwork Highlights: What is the true meaning of food sovereignty in Pakistan?
CASAS’ member Fizza Batool shares a note from her fieldwork in Pakistan: While sitting in the Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad, the Food Commissioner said during the interview: “There is something called food security, and there is something else too, called food sovereignty and we have to understand both of these things.” I…
Fundraiser for artivist Boy Dominguez
CASAS supports the personal appeal from the Journal of Peasant Studies’ editors to help with fundraising efforts for Filipino artivist Boy Dominguez, whose art has also been featured on our website (picture above). Boy Dominguez (BoyD) has been creating the cover art for JPS since the special issue on biofuels in 2009. Since then, his…
Who is Who in CASAS: Eka Zuni Lusi Astuti
Eka Zuni Lusi Astuti is a PhD student in the University of Limerick, Ireland. Their focus study is resistance studies, social movement, and community development. In Indonesia, she serves as a lecturer in the Department of Social Development and Welfare at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada.