CASAS’ members publications
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Another palm is possible: small-scale palm oil farmers exercising autonomy in northeast Colombia
New publication alert! Check out this recent article by Angela Serrano, CASAS member: Abstract: This paper investigates how some small-scale palm oil growers in northeast Colombia have managed to exercise partial autonomy from global markets while still participating in them. By comparing the varied experiences of these farmers, I find that, state-led land access and…
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The Chinese Presence in Africa’s Agriculture: A Synopsis
Check out this just-published book chapter by the CASAS members George Mudimu and Boaventura Mojane. Abstract: Because of the growing Chinese presence on the continent – from agriculture to construction and mining among others – China has been accused of being Africa’s new imperialist power. But what is the evidence for this claim? In other…
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Rethinking ‘just transitions’ from coal: the dynamics of land and labour in anti-coal struggles
Amod Shah, CASAS` member, has a chapter in the just-released book Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies. Abstract: Communities resisting large coal mining projects navigate the significant tensions between imperatives of urgent climate action and economic growth in complex and contingent ways. Drawing on empirical research in a mining region of Central-Eastern India, this paper…
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Speaking out, talking back? African feminist politics and decolonial poetics of knowing, organising and loving
New publication alert! Check out this recent article by Rama Dieng, CASAS member: This piece reviews the ‘Talking back: African feminism in dialogue’ interview series I conducted with 15 African feminist activists, policymakers, researchers and artists of diverse ages, genders, sexualities, ability and nationality in which they shared their visions, personal and institutional biographies and…