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The poverty debate in Kerala: Why eradication is never the end of the story

Posted on December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 by CASAS

CR Yadu, CASAS’ member, has published this article in The News Minute. Abstract: A positive outcome of the current debate on poverty is that it has moved beyond academic discussions and into the realm of public political engagement. The discourse needs to move past individual deprivation and engage with the deeper inequalities in the distribution…

Rethinking exploitation and control in migrant labour regimes: The case of Filipino workers in a Malaysian oil palm plantation

Posted on November 30, 2025November 13, 2025 by CASAS

CASAS’ member Carlo Arceo has published this article with Caroline Hambloch & Helena Pérez Niño in Agriculture and Human Values. Abstract: The expansion of oil palm farming in Southeast Asia has been premised on the mobilisation of both internal and transborder migrant labour. This paper examines labour relations on an oil palm plantation in Sabah,…

Self-care in transnational migrant households: body-mapping of stressors and care strategies of Chinese women stayers

Posted on November 15, 2025November 13, 2025 by CASAS

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…

Pesticides and food sovereignty: (dis)connections and challenges for agrarian movements

Posted on October 9, 2025January 6, 2026 by CASAS

Soledad Castro-Vargas, Carol Hernández Rodríguez, Grettel Navas, Enrique Castañón Ballivián, Yunan Xu & Daniela Ayelén Marini, CASAS’ members have published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: Agriculture has become increasingly dependent on pesticide use, with significant growth over the past three…

Wet dreams: eco-subjectivity, mineral washing, and the cultural politics of electric mobility

Posted on August 21, 2025August 12, 2025 by CASAS

Daren Shi-Chi Leung, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies with Dongyang Li & Elspeth Probyn. Abstract: This article offers a conjunctural analysis of electric vehicle (EV) culture as a site where environmental crisis, geopolitical extraction, technological nationalism, and cultural aspiration intersect. Focusing on Australia and China, we…

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