CASAS’ member Mercedes Ejarque has published with her colleagues Anabella Fantozzi, Silvina Alejandra Romano, Santiago Meza, Carla Moscardi, Rodrigo Navedo, Cesar Mario Rostagno and Almut Therburg this article in Cambridge Prisms: Drylands. Abstract: Climate hazards impact pastoral communities due to their dependency on nature for their primary livelihoods. This study analyzes climate risk in ten…
Tag: Argentina
Work, care and community: women in agroecological transitions
CASAS’ member Andrea Sosa has published this article in Spanish with Daiana Perez & Mariana Palumbo in Tiempo de gestión. Abstract: In this article, we delve into the intricate dynamics of the contributions made by cisgender women within the family farming sector to agroecological transition processes. Our exploration commences by dissecting and critically examining the…
The origins of organic production in the Andean Region of Parallel 42º: contributions to thinking about the institutionalisation of agroecology
Mercedes Ejarque (CASAS’ member) has published with Liliana Barbosa this paper in Spanish in the journal Identidades. Abstract: This paper reconstructs the origins of organic production in the Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42º (Chubut – Río Negro) up to its institutionalisation, identifying the motivations and tensions involved in this process. Environmental history and political ecology…
Political ecology and water infrastructures in rural territories. Contributions from the Chaco region (Salta) and the Central Plateau (Chubut), Argentina
Mercedes Ejarque, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Mariana Schmidt & Melina Tobías in Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Abstract: This article dives into the way in which productive and territorial transformations have created or increased inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation in two rural and periurban areas across…
Book review: Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia, by John Soluri
CASAS’ member, Mercedes Ejarque, has just published a book review in the Journal of Agrarian Change. The book reviewed proposes a reconstruction of the history of the southernmost extremity of the continent (currently Argentinean and Chilean territories) by examining the impact of the commodification of animals (native and exotic) on the relations between society and…





