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• October 9, 2020

  Online Masterclass Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

  The POLLEN node at the School of Human Ecology at Ambedkar University Delhi has launched of the online Masterclass Series on Critical Agrarian Studies this semester. The Series brings together eminent academics and teachers who work on rural/ agrarian issues in the Global South. For more info about the online course https://politicalecologynetwork.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/masterclass-poster-main.pdf For applying, visit this link: https://forms.gle/z7Pnv1EybzDTziFr7
• August 13, 2020

  What do you mean ‘we’? Activists, academics and NGOs in civil society coalitions

  Join PLAAS for a webinar on “What do you mean ‘we’? Activists, academics and NGOs in civil society coalitions”. Many activists have argued that the crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic also presents an important opportunity for change, and that now is the time that movements of poor and marginalised people, progressive activists, and critical social theorists…
• August 9, 2020

  From biomedical to politico-economic crisis: the food system in times of Covid-19

  

  Abstract: The Covid-19 disease is quickly developing into a deep, global and enduring politico-economic crisis that involves a rapid disarticulation of the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food. The badly balanced world market and the high degree of financialization of both primary agricultural production and food chains are decisive factors in this. The crisis…
• August 8, 2020

  Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture

  Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis has created a moment where existing calls for agroecology acquire new relevance. Agroecology provides a path to reconstruct a post-COVID-19 agriculture, one that is able to avoid widespread disruptions of food supplies in the future by territorializing food production and consumption. There are five main areas in which agroecology can point…