In line with our manifesto principles of engaging in critical agrarian debates, strengthening the co-production of knowledge and broadening the scope of dissemination, we are launching this new initiative: CASAS’ Research Talks. This podcast invites our members to address the key issues of their scholar-activist practice in a modern and popular format. Kicking off the…
Category: Multimedia
Multimedia products by CASAS’ members and network, including podcasts, videos, etc.
30 minutes with Morgan Ody: La Via Campesina, challenges facing the agrarian world and the Nyéléni process
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,…
Webinar: This is God’s land: Land seizures as a mechanism of land access
CASAS’ member, Johannes Bhanye (University of Free State) presented his work in a Webinar organized by Rama Dalla Sieng (CASAS & University of Edinburgh). This webinar by Dr. Johannes Bhanye is part of the DSA’s Land, Politics and Sustainability Study group webinar series is convened by Dr. Rama Salla Dieng, Centre of African Studies at…
Podcast: Climate politics, carbon offsets and green minerals
Recently, Emilinah Namaganda of Utrecht University and CASAS member, alongside Kirtana Chandrasekaran from Friends of the Earth International (India/Scotland), was part of a podcast questioning: What is the relationship between climate change and agrarian struggles? The podcast was presented by Professor Ruth Hall and Boaventura Mojane, CASAS member. The talk was about their work on…
PLAAS PODCAST Ep. 10: Sustainable rural livelihoods – an approach, not a theory
What is the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Approach (SRLA) and what is it good for – and what not? In this episode we are joined by Ian Scoones in conversation about this approach which he has been centrally involved in elaborating. Unlike political economy, the SRLA is not, and cannot provide, a theoretical framework, in that it does not contain…





