Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
agrarian studies, global south, scholar-activists
timely and short writing samples, opinion pieces, review and reflections, etc.
CASAS’ member Dimas D Laksmana has published this chapter in the book “Revisiting Reflexivity Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond”. Abstract: Why is reflexivity needed to transform coloniality in participatory research? In this chapter I critically reflect on my shifting positionalities as an Indonesian field researcher and a doctoral researcher in Germany to argue that…
Soledad Castro-Vargas, Carol Hernández Rodríguez, Grettel Navas, Enrique Castañón Ballivián, Yunan Xu & Daniela Ayelén Marini, CASAS’ members have published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: Agriculture has become increasingly dependent on pesticide use, with significant growth over the past three…
We are pleased to announce the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 28 September-4 October 2025, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Cape Town. Call for Applications he Journal of Peasant Studies and co-organisers are pleased to announce the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 202529 September – 6 October…
Itayosara Rojas Herrera, CASAS’ member, has published this article in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: In Colombia, rural working people’s struggles are led by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Colombians, and Campesinxs, each with platforms for land claims. While these efforts have yielded significant titles and land areas, contradictions arise as the state’s and capital’s attempts to…
Fizza Batool, CASAS’ member, has published with Rabia Nadir, Huda Javaid, Munir Ghazanfar, Soha Bashir & Huma Naeem an article in Geographien Südasiens. Abstract: This essay is based on the findings of a research started in 2018 to interrogate the rising number of rural migrant women working as maids in middle class homes in the…