CASAS’ member Mariana Homem de Mello Reinach has published this article in Portuguese in Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura. Abstract: Although it has been agreed that agroecology can be understood as a movement, science and/or practice, this classification is insufficient in sociological terms. We sought to identify the political and ideological content of what is claimed…
Tag: Global South
Travelling with the Sun: A Landmark Journey from Bavaria to Bolívar
I left Augsburg on the 20th of February, with the Bavarian winter clinging on a stubborn grey sky pressing down on the red roofs. Leaving Germany in winter always feels like leaving a world held in stasis: a world of order, schedules, and heavy, quiet introspection. It’s a world where, politically, the air feels thick…
Radical ecological economics: A paradigm from the global south
Claudia Camacho (CASAS’ member) has co-authored this article with David Barkin, Erika Carcaño & Alejandra Sánchez in Ecological Economics. Abstract: Radical Ecological Economics is a more appropriate way for collaboration with communities in the Global South. It transcends the conceptual and methodological premises of Ecological Economics, integrating realities that are not commonly considered, but exist…
Pastoralism and food sovereignty: struggles for land, livelihoods and recognition
CASAS’ members Rahma Hassan, Mercedes Ejarque, Aayushi Malhotra, Carlos Bolomey Córdova, Leon Brenya Yeboah & Jackson Wachira have published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies as a part of the Forum: Food Sovereignty and Systems Change. Abstract: Pastoral systems are globally significant for their invaluable contributions to food systems and socio-economic and environmental…
“Denaturalizing Inequality in Global Knowledge Politics” by Jun Borras
Our mentor, Jun Borras (former JPS Chief Editor and Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies) has written about the global-local connections in international knowledge politics, considering the initiative of the international Writeshops for early career scholars from the Global South in which CASAS’ is one of the organizers. Read his…





