CASAS’ members publications
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Industrie and Al-Industriyya: Translating “Industrialization” in 1860s Egypt
CASAS’ member Amr Khairy has just published this paper in Capitalism: A Journal of History and Economics. Abstract: In Egypt, the word “industry” emerged in the 1860s transliterated as al-industriyya (from the French industrie). Rifāʿa al-Ṭahṭāwī, a prominent educator, translator, and man of letters from the 1830s through the 1860s, coined the term and equated…
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Shifting cultivation as a driver of deforestation: Misinterpreted data, misguided conclusions, and misplaced blame
CASAS’ member Amit John Kurien has published this paper with Catherine M. Hepp, Xiaoye Tong & Thilde Bech Bruun in One Earth. Abstract: Shifting cultivation is often stigmatized as destructive, blamed for deforestation, and as a contributor to climate change. Many remote sensing studies have attempted to map its extent and estimate its role in…
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Everyday land speculation without production in state-led urbanization: The case of Indonesia’s new capital city
CASAS’ member Bosman Batubara has published this paper with Kei Otsuki, Femke Van Noorloos & Michelle Kooy in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. Abstract: Indonesia’s new capital city construction is inducing state-led urbanization in the absence of private investments. Reports show the impacts of this process as a rapid land price increase and…
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A Troubling Nexus: Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in the Context of Socioeconomic Transformations in Catatumbo, Colombia
CASAS’ member Jenniffer Vargas Reina with Hobeth Martínez Carrillo have just published this paper in Journal of Intervention and statebuilding. Abstract: International practice highlights the need to integrate peacebuilding and transitional justice policies to enhance their effectiveness in transforming war-affected societies. However, there is limited empirical analysis of this integration. This study examines the relationship…