Events

Kasia Paprocki (London School of Economics & Political Science) Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/development-agrarian-change-and-adaptation-in-bangladesh-tickets-503933718317 In the global imaginary of climate change, Bangladesh holds a prominent position. Frequently described as the ‘world’s most vulnerable country to climate change’, the spectre of Bangladesh underwater, wiped off the map by rising seas, has given birth to a crisis narrative that obscures…

Pablo Lapegna (University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, USA) & Johana Kunin (CONICET & UNSAM, Argentina) Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/farmers-plants-and-poison-ambivalences-over-pesticide-use-in-argentina-tickets-518717436817 Drawing from in-depth interviews, participant observation, and archival research, our project tackles pesticide use in Argentina. Our goal is to address two main research questions. First, we examine the unintended and undesirable consequences of economic prosperity.…

  Webinar by Sergio Schneider (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre) Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-and-agrarian-changes-what-drives-change-to-food-and-diets-tickets-528367179457 Abstract The food system is one of the main drivers of some of the threats that humanity is facing. Climate change is considered by many as the “mother of all the crises” affecting the planet, and food systems…

Face-to-face seminar at SOAS and online Zoom webinar by Jens Lerche (SOAS) Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accumulation-exploitation-and-caste-oppression-in-rural-uttar-pradesh-tickets-564180849107 Abstract This presentation focuses on the relations of exploitation and accumulation, and of oppression and discrimination in two villages in the state of Uttar Pradesh in North India, between the landowning dominant caste and the main Dalit caste from 1992…

Face-to-face seminar at SOAS and online Zoom webinar by Zeynep Ceren Eren Benlisoy (International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague) Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reflections-on-refugee-host-relations-from-a-labour-perspective-tickets-583499862797 Abstract The Eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey attracts massive numbers of agricultural labourers during the harvest season. This rural labour market used to be primarily composed of Kurdish and Arab seasonal workers…

By Carmen Soliz (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Webinar via Zoom, jointly hosted with UCL Institute of the Americas 6 November, 4:15 - 6:00 pm UK time Webinar recording available here: https://youtu.be/x1CV8iCTneE Fields of Revolution examines the second largest case of peasant land redistribution in Latin America and agrarian reform — arguably the most…

By Jayaseelan Raj (King’s College London) Webinar via Zoom & in-person seminar at Queen Mary University of London (PL 301, Peter Landin Teaching Rooms, QMUL, Bancroft Road, London E1 4DH, next to the Union Shop), jointly hosted with Centre on Labour, Sustainability & Global Production, QMUL 16 November, 4:15 - 6:00 pm UK time Webinar…