Rama Salla Dieng, CASAS’ member has hosted an interview with Morgan Ody. This interview with Morgan Ody is part of a bilingual channel, created in 2016 by Rama Salla Dieng, CASAS’ member. It contains 30-minute interviews halfway between education & entertainment on current issues for the African continent. The conversations are multidisciplinary with inspiring academics,…
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Book review: On the rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography by Henri Lefebvre
Antoinette Danebaï Lamana, CASAS’ member, has published this book review in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: Henri Lefebvre’s book is a compilation of his work which offers an original and interdisciplinary framework for understanding the complexities of social life. Read the full review here: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2445649
Call for Applications, Journal of Peasant Studies Asia Writeshop
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 1-12 July 2025, China Agricultural University, Beijing. Call for Applications The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University (Beijing), Beijing Innovation Center for Rural Revitalization and Integrated Rural-urban Development (BIC-RRID), Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the…
Climate Change Shocks and Land Resource in reconstructing Peoples’ Livelihoods in Rural Areas of Sub-Saharan Countries
Prosper Turimubumwe, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Saidi VianeyBaseka in African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences Abstract: Climate change in Africa complicates the existing problems related to improving the livelihood of rural settlers who rely on land as major capital. Drought, floods, pests, and crop diseases are among the major climate…
Soy’s “War of Routes”: from speculation to “logistics rationale”
Diana Aguiar, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Portuguese in “Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura”. Abstract: This article analyzes how transformation of the global geography of soy and the subsequent retracing of trade routes for this commodity encounters previously established interests and speculative flows in frontier regions, generating disputes and strategies for local and regional…