Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
agrarian studies, global south, scholar-activists
CASAS’ member Yunan Xu has published with Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Jennifer C. Franco & Tsegaye Moreda this article in the journal Globalizations. Abstract: The spectacular land rush is over, but land grabbing continues. It is likely to gain greater momentum in the near future. In this paper, we caution against conflating several key terms…
Lorenza Arango, Sai Sam Khan, Doi Ra, Itayosara Rojas, Yunan Xu, CASAS’ members, have published an article in Third World Quarterly with Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Moges Belay, Jennifer C. Franco, Tsegaye Moreda & Chunyu Wang. Abstract: Resistance to extractivist land grabs is diverse in character and trajec-tory, at least those in Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar…
CASAS’ member Itayosara Rojas-Herrera has published this article in Globalizations. Abstract: I argue that by using the concept of the ‘land rush’, I am able to bring into the analysis two more categories of land deals in addition to corporate large-scale operational land deals, namely, non-operational or failed corporate land deals, as well as the…
CASAS’ members Natacha Bruna & Yunan Xu have published with Saturnino Borras Jr. this article in Globalizations. Abstract: This paper argues that failed land deals are a key piece of the puzzle about global land grabbing. Co-constitutive of operational land deals, failed land deals profoundly impact social relations in affected communities and ecology, which are…
Itayosara Rojas Herrera, CASAS’ member, has published this article in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: In Colombia, rural working people’s struggles are led by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Colombians, and Campesinxs, each with platforms for land claims. While these efforts have yielded significant titles and land areas, contradictions arise as the state’s and capital’s attempts to…