CASAS’ members publications
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica
CASAS’ member Soledad Castro-Vargas has published an article with Marion Werner in Antipode. Abstract: For decades, agro-industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop-induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address…
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Painful hopes? The health and well-being impacts of land expropriation in Chinese villages
Guolin Gu (CASAS’ member) has published with Wen Fan an article in Land Use Policy. Abstract: Debates over state-led land expropriation in rural China often center on whether it constitutes victimization or empowerment. This paper reconciles these competing narratives by examining the health and well-being impacts of land expropriation on two groups: (1) individuals who…
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Responsiveness of urban land administration systems in managing wetlands in the rapidly urbanizing Bujumbura city, Burundi
CASAS’ member Prosper Turimubumwe has published an article with Achamyeleh Gashu Adam & Berhanu Kefale Alemie in Cogent Social Sciences. Abstract: Wetlands are increasingly recognised as lungs for urban areas. It is observed that wetlands in urban areas around the world are encroached on and or their uses changed illegally. This happens when there are…
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Social Reproduction
Fayrouz Yousfi (CASAS’ member) has published this article in Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research. This article develops the concept of social reproduction, recognizing the different contributions from marxist feminism, Black and Indigenous scholars and feminist scholars from the SWANA region. Read her full article here: https://kohljournal.press/social-reproduction