New publication alert! The thematic dossier of the journal “Debates en Sociologia,” co-edited by Mercedes Ejarque (CASAS member) and Tomás Palmisano, has just been published. You can find the presentation of the dossier, by both co-editors, in the following link (written in Spanish): https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/debatesensociologia/article/view/27931
On November 1st, 2019, Indupalma, one of the pioneer companies in the Colombian palm oil industry, announced its voluntary dissolution. This company is not bankrupt and owns 10,000 hectares of productive oil palm crops. Why does a productive and financially-viable company decide to enter a voluntary dissolution process? In Colombia, palm oil corporations have implemented,…
By: Debottam Saha, Kranthi Nanduri & Raya Das (All authors contributed equally, names of the authors appear in alphabetical order) On January 26, 2021, the people of India celebrated the 72nd anniversary of their republic and constitution. Every year on this day, the President of India unfurls the national flag amidst a spectacular parade by…
We are witnessing a new momentum in critical agrarian studies. In the last two decades, multiple crises around food, feed, fuel, natural resources extractivism, land, finance, labor, migration, environment and human rights have converged. All of these contribute to global resource grabbing in an era of capitalism and climate change which affect the most vulnerable…
Join PLAAS for a webinar on “What do you mean ‘we’? Activists, academics and NGOs in civil society coalitions”. Many activists have argued that the crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic also presents an important opportunity for change, and that now is the time that movements of poor and marginalised people, progressive activists, and critical social theorists…