Check out this article in the Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies by Daniela Ayelén Marini (Grand Valley State University & CASAS member). 2022. Abstract: This paper addresses whiteness in environmental imaginaries underpinning mainstream agroecology activism in Argentina. It examines the cultural politics of race and nature articulated by intellectual leaders during the period of…
Author: Carol Hernández
Social Relations and Agrarian Labour: Exploring the Dynamics of Relations Between Former Farm Workers and A1 Beneficiaries in Zimbabwe’s A1 Settlements
Check out this open-access article in the Journal of Asian and African Studies by Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo (Center of African Studies, University of Cape Town, SA & CASAS members) et al. (2022). Abstract: This article examines the evolving nature of social and agrarian relations between A1 villagised beneficiaries of the Fast Track Land Reform in…
Deforestation as an instrument of land grabbing: enclosures along the expansion of the agricultural frontier in Brazil
Check out this article at AGRO É FOGO by Diana Aguiar (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and CASAS member) and Mauricio Torres. From the infamous “Day of Fire” in August 2019 – when rural producers orchestrated a joint attack with fire against the forest – to the fires covering the sky of São Paulo with…
Resisting agrarian neoliberalism and authoritarianism: Struggles towards a progressive rural future in Mozambique
Check out this open-access paper (2022) in the Journal of Agrarian Change by Boaventura Monjane (PLAAS & CASAS member). This article is part of a future Special Issue: Populism, Agrarian Movements and Progressive Politics. Abstract: After nearly two and a half decades with a Land Law widely considered progressive, Mozambique is preparing to revise its…
UN OHCHR Call for input: Violence and the right to food. Deadline: Nov. 21, 2022
Purpose To inform the Human Rights Council report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, focusing on the nature, degree, and cause of violence present in food systems. Key questions and types of input/comments sought For more information: https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2022/call-input-violence-and-right-food