Asia
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Living with Fire: Relational Approach to Fire in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Kapil Yadav, CASAS’ member, has published an article in International Journal of the Commons. Abstract: Changing fire regimes amidst the planetary ecological crisis demand a rethinking of human-fire relationships. This rethinking has led to growing calls for moving away from anti-fire strategies and recognising the necessity of living with fire. Focusing on the Uttarakhand Himalaya,…
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Turn the Tide – Filipino Oil Palm Migrant Workers in Sabah
CASAS’ member Carlo Arceo has created a short animation based on his doctoral project. Abstract: The research explores the intersection of agrarian squeeze, irregular migration, and labor and border regimes in two agrarian frontiers in Southeast Asia. The animation follows the journey of a six-member migrant household from Palawan, Philippines, who irregularly cross the maritime…
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The poverty debate in Kerala: Why eradication is never the end of the story
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…
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Rethinking exploitation and control in migrant labour regimes: The case of Filipino workers in a Malaysian oil palm plantation
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,…