CASAS’ member Fayrouz Yousfi has published this article in Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research. Abstract: The word al-‘Ucha in Arabic refers to a tent, and it refers to the makeshift camp that workers establish during labour disputes, strikes, and occupations in Souss Massa, southern Morocco. During these occupations, women either mobilise for…
CASAS’ member Sane Zuka has published an article in Cities journal. Abstract: Despite extensive research on the phenomenon of capitalist transformation of land use, debates over commodification of land into capitalist modes of relations persist. This paper responds to this ongoing debate that highlights how, while adequately engaging with large-scale land deals, the scholarship on…
CASAS’ member Sinem Kavak has published an article in the Journal of Rural Studies with Ronald Byaruhanga & Ellinor Isgren. Abstract: Farmer collectives, such as farmer groups, play a crucial role in advancing struggles for inclusive and sustainable rural development. Yet their potential to influence agricultural policies and practices remains undervalued. Drawing on focus group…
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane has published this book review in South African Historical Journal. This book review states that: “In The Morality of Revolution, Benedito Luís Machava offers a groundbreaking and unsettling exploration of the carceral imagination of the Mozambican post independence state.(…) This work stands as a major contribution to Africal political history, the…
CASAS’ member, Dzifa Torvikey, has published a book chapter with Sylvia Ohene Marfo. Abstract: We study the effects of the programme’s discontinuation in 2020 on households, women and girls as well as the predominantly female farmers, vendors and caterers involved in the programme’s supply chain. We argue that the government’s responses exacerbated entrenched gender norms…