Fayrouz Yousfi (CASAS’ member) has published this article in Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research. This article develops the concept of social reproduction, recognizing the different contributions from marxist feminism, Black and Indigenous scholars and feminist scholars from the SWANA region. Read her full article here: https://kohljournal.press/social-reproduction
Author: CASAS
Failed business or controlling resources?: agricultural land-based investments in Lao PDR
Vong Nanhthavong, CASAS’ member, has published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies Abstract: Many land deals in the Global South are initiated and sustained, while others fail financially but maintain control over land and resources. These failed deals—and their implications for peasant well-being—remain undervalued in debates on the global land rush and land-grab…
al-‘Ucha
CASAS’ member Fayrouz Yousfi has published this article in Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research. Abstract: The word al-‘Ucha in Arabic refers to a tent, and it refers to the makeshift camp that workers establish during labour disputes, strikes, and occupations in Souss Massa, southern Morocco. During these occupations, women either mobilise for…
Reading agrarian transformation through literature: moral economy, political economy, and caste in 1950s Punjab in Gurdial Singh’s Marhi da Deeva
Gaurav Bansal has published this article in the journal Sikh Formations. Abstract: This article examines the socio-economic transformations of 1950s rural Punjab through Gurdial Singh’s seminal novel Marhi da Deeva (1964). By putting moral economy framework in conversation with political economy, this essay reveals how the gradual transition from semi-feudal relations to capitalist tendencies had fundamentally reshaped…
Agrarianising the forest fire crisis: rethinking forest fires from grassroots in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Kapil Yadav (CASAS’ member) has published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: This study re-examines the role of fire in the Uttarakhand Himalaya through political ecology and critical agrarian studies. It emphasises the importance of understanding fire regimes in relation to ongoing agrarian change. Drawing on fieldwork conducted with rural communities, the…





