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…
Tag: Asia
Wet dreams: eco-subjectivity, mineral washing, and the cultural politics of electric mobility
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…
Farmer-farmworkers: cross-border wage labor in northeastern Vietnam-southwestern China region
Bao-Nguyet Dang, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Agriculture and Human Values journal. Abstract: The paper contributes to scholarship on family farm, social reproduction, and labor migration theories. It argues that the emergence of wage labor within the family farm labor structure – and its transformation across time, place, and space – has shifted…
Book Review: India from Latin America: Peripherisation, state building, and demand-led growth, by Manuel Gonzalo
C.R. Yadu, CASAS’ member, has published this book review in Asian Journal of Social Science. This book review states that “Manuel Gonzalo’s refreshing perspective on India’s long-term development experience, presenting narratives that have often been overlooked. Unlike other scholarly works that analyze the evolution of the Indian economy through the lens of the nation-state—often referred…
The politics of internet shutdowns in Jammu and Kashmir
CASAS’ members Raouf Ahmad Peerzada & Amrita Sharma have published this article in Human Geography with Samyuktha Kannan and Gayatri Malhotra Abstract: This paper is the first in a series examining the political, legal, and social implications of internet shutdowns in Kashmir, based on a unique and extensive dataset compiled over 5 years. It analyses…





