Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
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Amr Khary, CASAS’ member has published this article in the International Labor and Working-Class History journal. Abstract: This article examines the large and modern sugar factories established in Egypt in the 1870s as multi-phased production sites that combined coerced peasant labor with the deployment of state of the art steam technology. These factories possessed the…
Grettel Navas, CASAS’ member, has published this chapter with Francisco Venes in the book Contested Waste. Abstract: The favela of Cidade Estrutural in Brazil’s Federal District, home to a major landfill, has long relied on waste picking as a critical source of income for its inhabitants. However, the landfill poses severe health risks due to…
Tamara Wattnem, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Elements in Indigenous Environmental Research. Abstract: Indigenous and tribal communities often make claims to territory citing their longstanding ties to the land. Since 1989, they increasingly reference ILO Convention No. 169, the only legally binding international agreement on Indigenous and tribal peoples rights. This Element proposes…
CASAS’ member Isabel Güiza Gómez has published this book with Abby Córdova. Abstract: Despite signing a peace accord in 2016, Colombia remains one of the most dangerous countries for social mobilization for peace, democracy, and equality. Between 2016 and 2023, 1,804 social leaders and 351 ex-combatants were assassinated. However, there has been no strong or…
Carlo John B. Arceo, CASAS’ member, has published this article with Jixia Lu & Dongsheng Wang in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Abstract: Over the past decade, arguments on migration as a livelihood in rural China have focused on labour reallocation, household power dynamics, women’s triple roles, and stayers’ well-being. Wherein, care for…