South America
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Looking back to move forward: historical Agroecology and reciprocity in Ecuador and Bolivia
CASAS’ member Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui has published this article with Carlos Andrés Gallegos-Riofrío, Ernesto Méndez, María Quispe, Mabel Pintag, Renato Pardo Valenzuela, Milka Caranqui, Nils McCune, Gabriela Bucini, Teresa Mares & Colin Anderson in Agriculture and Human Values. Abstract: Broad analyses of social change often overlook the lived experiences of rural Indigenous communities. This paper connects…
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When Reformers Become Spoilers: Discretionary Implementation of Extraordinary Restitution Reform under Extractivism in Colombia
CASAS’ member Isabel Güiza-Gómez has published this article with Laura García-Montoya & Ana Montoya in Perspectives on Politics. Abstract: In response to growing policy challenges, such as postconflict transitions and climate change, exceeding the scope of existing institutions, governments often enact extraordinary reforms—that is, nonincremental institutional innovations regulating state action through fast-tracking procedures, expanded mandates,…
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Digital geographies and agriculture 4.0 in the Varginha-mg intermediate geographic region: the digital divide in rural areas
CASAS’ member Estevan Coca has published this article in Portuguese with Adriano Pereira Santos & Rodrigo Giacopini in GEOgraphia. Abstract: With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the countryside faces the so-called Agriculture 4.0. A broad set of innovations such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, drones, sensors, and so on have been…
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Negotiating Work and Care: Rural Women’s Bargaining Power in Chile’s Neoliberal Agrarian Sector
Patricia Retamal (CASAS’ member) and Chiara Cazzuffi have published this article in the Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: Women’s participation in paid work is widely expected to enhance bargaining power within households and promote redistribution of unpaid domestic and care work. Yet, in agrarian contexts shaped by long-standing neoliberal labour regimes, this expectation often remains…