South America
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Political ecology and water infrastructures in rural territories. Contributions from the Chaco region (Salta) and the Central Plateau (Chubut), Argentina
Mercedes Ejarque, CASAS’ member, has published an article with Mariana Schmidt & Melina Tobías in Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Abstract: This article dives into the way in which productive and territorial transformations have created or increased inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation in two rural and periurban areas across…
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The agrarian question and agroecology in the South and South-West of Minas Gerais
Estevan Coca, CASAS’ member, has organised this book with Adriano Santos. Abstract: The south and south-west of Minas Gerais is known worldwide for its arabica coffee production, but the region’s agriculture goes far beyond that. Here, land disputes, struggles against agribusiness, agroecological experiments, fairs, academic events and social movements that challenge the capitalist model of…
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Who is who in CASAS? Lorena Rodríguez Lezica
Lorena Rodríguez Lezica works as an assistant professor at the University of the Republic (UDELAR) in Uruguay, with tasks related to teaching, research, and outreach (extensión) focused on agrarian issues from feminist and ecological perspectives. Her research areas include family farming, agroecology, rural wage labor, and socio-environmental health in agroextractivist contexts. She holds a degree…
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Limits and possibilities of contemporary land struggles by Indigenous Peoples, Black Communities and Campesinxs in the Colombian Amazon
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…