Gabriel Bastos, a member of CASAS, was recently featured as a guest in a newly released documentary. The short film, “The History of the Society of Small Farmers and Squatters of Pedra Lisa”, produced by the Federation of Urban and Rural Residents’ Associations of Japeri (FAMEJA), chronicles the story of one of the first rural…
New publication alert! Enrique Castañón Ballivián, CASAS’ member, has recently published an article in Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: Agribusiness expansion is usually framed around two competing narratives. On the one hand, advocates present it as a promising vehicle to modernise agriculture and integrate small farmers into global value chains. On the other hand, critics…
New publication alert! Dhouha Djerbi, CASAS’ member, has published a new article in Antipode. Abstract: This paper revisits the Tunisian 2010–2011 uprising and its ensuing decade of agrarian contention as a crisis of social reproduction stemming from the combined effects of depletion and dispossession. It traces the lineages of the grievances that continue to animate…
New publication alert! Raouf Ahmad Peerzada and Amrita Sharma, CASAS’ members, have recently published an article in the Journal Human Geography with their colleagues Achintya Anita Gurumurthy, and Amulya Anita Gurumurthy. Abstract: Analyzing the trope of “light but tight” education frequently used in India’s New Education Policy 2020, this paper examines the mutually reinforcing ideological…
Natalia Landivar, CASAS’ member, has published a new article in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: This article analyzes the barriers that peasant associations faced to access seized land in Hacienda Las Mercedes through the Plan Tierras. I argue that the mobilization for land transited between an undemocratic state that has historically served the agrarian…