Transforming critical agrarian studies: : Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South
(2023) In Journal of Peasant Studies 50(2). p.758-786- Abstract
- This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced bycritical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We arguethat despite the historical and structural limitations, the criticaljuncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest inagrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering adiverse research agenda that opens space for critical perspectivesabout, from and by the Global South, which is mostly absent inmainstream scholarship dominated by the Global North. We alsopropose doing so by enhancing solidarity to transform injusticeswithin academia and other spaces of knowledge production anddissemination. To develop the argument,first, we reflect on themultiplicity of crises in rural areas and the changing... (More)
- This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced bycritical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We arguethat despite the historical and structural limitations, the criticaljuncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest inagrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering adiverse research agenda that opens space for critical perspectivesabout, from and by the Global South, which is mostly absent inmainstream scholarship dominated by the Global North. We alsopropose doing so by enhancing solidarity to transform injusticeswithin academia and other spaces of knowledge production anddissemination. To develop the argument,first, we reflect on themultiplicity of crises in rural areas and the changing character ofsocial struggles, as well as the interlinkages betweenenvironmental crises and the re-emergence of critical agrarianstudies that are reshaping the agrarian question. Then, we discussthe implications and conditions of the political agenda carriedout by a scholar-activist movement working on agrarian studiesfrom the Global South. Drawing on our experience as theCollective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South (CASAS),we conclude by proposing three ways forward for enhancingsolidarity through networks of scholar-activists: knowledgeaccessibility, cooperative organization, and co-production ofknowledge (Less)
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abstract = {{This paper examines the challenges and opportunities faced bycritical agrarian scholars in and from the Global South. We arguethat despite the historical and structural limitations, the criticaljuncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest inagrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering adiverse research agenda that opens space for critical perspectivesabout, from and by the Global South, which is mostly absent inmainstream scholarship dominated by the Global North. We alsopropose doing so by enhancing solidarity to transform injusticeswithin academia and other spaces of knowledge production anddissemination. To develop the argument,first, we reflect on themultiplicity of crises in rural areas and the changing character ofsocial struggles, as well as the interlinkages betweenenvironmental crises and the re-emergence of critical agrarianstudies that are reshaping the agrarian question. Then, we discussthe implications and conditions of the political agenda carriedout by a scholar-activist movement working on agrarian studiesfrom the Global South. Drawing on our experience as theCollective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South (CASAS),we conclude by proposing three ways forward for enhancingsolidarity through networks of scholar-activists: knowledgeaccessibility, cooperative organization, and co-production ofknowledge}},
author = {{Aguiar, Diana and Ahmed, Yasmin and Avci, Duygu and Bastos, Gabriel and Batubara, Bosman and Bejeno, Cynthia and Camacho-Benavides, Claudia I. and Chauhan, Komal and Coronado, Sergio and Das, Somashree and Ejarque, Mercedes and Benlisoy, Zeynep Ceren Eren and Güiza-Gomez, Diana Isabel and Gyapong, Adwoa Yeboah and Phan, Hao Phuong and Masters, Rahma Hassan and Hernandez Rodriguez, Carol and Ng, Huiying and Hussain, Sardar Babur and Kavak, Sinem and Kelegama, Thiruni and Kurien, Amit John and Leung, Darren Shi-chi and Martínez-Cruz, Tania and Monjane, Boaventura and Mudimu, George Tonderai and Pelek, Deniz and Ralandison, Tsilavo and Varrotti, Andrea P. Sosa and Torvikey, Dzifa and Valencia-Duarte, Diana María}},
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title = {{Transforming critical agrarian studies: : Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South}},
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