Global South
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Water is more than a resource: Indigenous Peoples and the right to water
New publication alert! Tania Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, CASAS’ member, has just published with Levi Adelman, Luisa Castañeda Quintana and Darío Mejía-Montalvo an article in Social Sciences & Humanities Open. Abstract: Dominant narratives and policy processes addressing water insecurity, such as the Water Action Decade 2018–2028, usually neglect the power asymmetries underlying that insecurity. In this paper, we argue that the water…
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Transforming food systems in the Global South: a radical approach
New publication alert! Chukwuma Ume, CASAS’ member has recently published with Andres Suarez in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Abstract: Sustainability within food systems (FS) transcends approaches that only consider FS transformation via changing agricultural practices or consumption patterns. The essence lies in addressing the root causes of current unsustainable FS and their associated social…
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Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South (in Spanish)
CASAS’ Collective paper is now published in Spanish in Revista Alter-Nativa. This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced by critical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We argue that despite the historical and structural limitations, the critical juncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest in agrarian political economies offers an opportunity…
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Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South
31 CASAS members co-authored this piece just published by the Journal of Peasant Studies in its Commentary section! It’s our contribution on a much needed debate for transforming critical agrarian studies through solidarity, scholar-activist and emancipatory agendas! This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced by critical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South.…