Commodity Frontiers Initiative
@commodityfrontiers.bsky.social
Exploring the history and present of capitalism, contestation, and ecological transformation in the global countryside. We publish an open access journal twice a year. Read it on www.commodityfrontiers.com
Oppurtunity!
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University invites applications for the Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professorship of 2026–2027.
Please share with colleagues based in Latin America and the Caribbean who may be interested!
More info: apply.interfolio.com/176615
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University invites applications for the Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professorship of 2026–2027.
Please share with colleagues based in Latin America and the Caribbean who may be interested!
More info: apply.interfolio.com/176615
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Oppurtunity!
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University invites applications for the Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professorship of 2026–2027.
Please share with colleagues based in Latin America and the Caribbean who may be interested!
More info: apply.interfolio.com/176615
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University invites applications for the Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professorship of 2026–2027.
Please share with colleagues based in Latin America and the Caribbean who may be interested!
More info: apply.interfolio.com/176615
New article from issue 7!
'There is a clear link between the expansion of Zijin in China and Central Asia, in South America, in DR Congo, and the increased world demand for minerals required by the so-called energy transition'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
'There is a clear link between the expansion of Zijin in China and Central Asia, in South America, in DR Congo, and the increased world demand for minerals required by the so-called energy transition'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
October 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New article from issue 7!
'There is a clear link between the expansion of Zijin in China and Central Asia, in South America, in DR Congo, and the increased world demand for minerals required by the so-called energy transition'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
'There is a clear link between the expansion of Zijin in China and Central Asia, in South America, in DR Congo, and the increased world demand for minerals required by the so-called energy transition'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
New article from Marjolijn Dijkman and Oliver Ressler.
‘We need to understand that the main appeal of CCS
for the fossil industries lies in the huge new subsidies
it promises the industry.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
‘We need to understand that the main appeal of CCS
for the fossil industries lies in the huge new subsidies
it promises the industry.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New article from Marjolijn Dijkman and Oliver Ressler.
‘We need to understand that the main appeal of CCS
for the fossil industries lies in the huge new subsidies
it promises the industry.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
‘We need to understand that the main appeal of CCS
for the fossil industries lies in the huge new subsidies
it promises the industry.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
New article from Pepe Roswaldy.
'To what degree do carbon trading and offsetting serve as a form of externalization [where] plantation workers will become the ones held responsible for the Global North’s (...) carbon emissions?'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
'To what degree do carbon trading and offsetting serve as a form of externalization [where] plantation workers will become the ones held responsible for the Global North’s (...) carbon emissions?'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New article from Pepe Roswaldy.
'To what degree do carbon trading and offsetting serve as a form of externalization [where] plantation workers will become the ones held responsible for the Global North’s (...) carbon emissions?'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
'To what degree do carbon trading and offsetting serve as a form of externalization [where] plantation workers will become the ones held responsible for the Global North’s (...) carbon emissions?'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
New article from Evelyne Owino.
'The carbon project poses the risk of dispossession of pastoralists from their ancestral lands, amplifying resource competition by creating scarcity in fragile ecologies...'
Read it journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
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'The carbon project poses the risk of dispossession of pastoralists from their ancestral lands, amplifying resource competition by creating scarcity in fragile ecologies...'
Read it journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
@unibonn.bsky.social @bicc.de
September 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New article from Evelyne Owino.
'The carbon project poses the risk of dispossession of pastoralists from their ancestral lands, amplifying resource competition by creating scarcity in fragile ecologies...'
Read it journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
@unibonn.bsky.social @bicc.de
'The carbon project poses the risk of dispossession of pastoralists from their ancestral lands, amplifying resource competition by creating scarcity in fragile ecologies...'
Read it journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
@unibonn.bsky.social @bicc.de
New article from Mehra Gharibian and Jose Cruz.
'...as in other commodity frontiers, the relationship between teacher and student is imbued with the capitalist /settler context within which they live, learn, and work.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
'...as in other commodity frontiers, the relationship between teacher and student is imbued with the capitalist /settler context within which they live, learn, and work.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
September 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New article from Mehra Gharibian and Jose Cruz.
'...as in other commodity frontiers, the relationship between teacher and student is imbued with the capitalist /settler context within which they live, learn, and work.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
'...as in other commodity frontiers, the relationship between teacher and student is imbued with the capitalist /settler context within which they live, learn, and work.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
New article from Julia Loginova.
‘As Curley argues, carbon sovereignty as a practice is shaped by Indigenous nations asserting control over their carbon resources in the face of colonial and capitalist pressures [...].’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
‘As Curley argues, carbon sovereignty as a practice is shaped by Indigenous nations asserting control over their carbon resources in the face of colonial and capitalist pressures [...].’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New article from Julia Loginova.
‘As Curley argues, carbon sovereignty as a practice is shaped by Indigenous nations asserting control over their carbon resources in the face of colonial and capitalist pressures [...].’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
‘As Curley argues, carbon sovereignty as a practice is shaped by Indigenous nations asserting control over their carbon resources in the face of colonial and capitalist pressures [...].’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
New article from Tomás Bartoletti, Samuël Coghe and Victor Seow.
‘[T]echnocracy operates […] as an ideology that not only describes the system itself, but also the sets of ideas that animate the emergence of the system.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
‘[T]echnocracy operates […] as an ideology that not only describes the system itself, but also the sets of ideas that animate the emergence of the system.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
![Image titled, in English, “Grand Sight of the Open Working Fushun Colliery. ” In the Japanese text below, there is an additional phrase, “limitless treasure house”, which appeals to the then widely held notion that Fushun’s coal resources were so bountiful as to be essentially inexhaustible. This image comes from a postcard that dates to the early 1930s. [Postcard from the author's collection.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gldkgk6b3ywyx4mthmmhvdwx/bafkreigaykps6rahlxib5wgu7aqbn34ojqr2ld65vtsan3smgaovdm2wvi@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New article from Tomás Bartoletti, Samuël Coghe and Victor Seow.
‘[T]echnocracy operates […] as an ideology that not only describes the system itself, but also the sets of ideas that animate the emergence of the system.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
‘[T]echnocracy operates […] as an ideology that not only describes the system itself, but also the sets of ideas that animate the emergence of the system.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu.... #CFI
New article from Sayako Kanda.
‘Using diverse fuels, whether fossil or otherwise, can [...] be viewed as India’s long-term reaction to saving scarce fuel resources and mitigating fuel shortages.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
‘Using diverse fuels, whether fossil or otherwise, can [...] be viewed as India’s long-term reaction to saving scarce fuel resources and mitigating fuel shortages.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New article from Sayako Kanda.
‘Using diverse fuels, whether fossil or otherwise, can [...] be viewed as India’s long-term reaction to saving scarce fuel resources and mitigating fuel shortages.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
‘Using diverse fuels, whether fossil or otherwise, can [...] be viewed as India’s long-term reaction to saving scarce fuel resources and mitigating fuel shortages.’
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
New article from Hiroki Shin and Simon Jackson.
‘Where geographers and anthropologists have discussed the spatial dimensions of colonial extraction, historians can shed new light on temporal aspects.’ (edited for brevity)
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
#CFI
‘Where geographers and anthropologists have discussed the spatial dimensions of colonial extraction, historians can shed new light on temporal aspects.’ (edited for brevity)
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
#CFI
June 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New article from Hiroki Shin and Simon Jackson.
‘Where geographers and anthropologists have discussed the spatial dimensions of colonial extraction, historians can shed new light on temporal aspects.’ (edited for brevity)
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
#CFI
‘Where geographers and anthropologists have discussed the spatial dimensions of colonial extraction, historians can shed new light on temporal aspects.’ (edited for brevity)
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
#CFI
Join us 19 June from 10-11.30pm CEST for a discussion with Sunil Amrith on his book, "The Burning Earth" followed by commentaries from Hendro Sangkoyo and Marina Bedran, and a general discussion.
knaw-nl.zoom.us/j/8862454782...
Meeting-ID: 886 2454 7823
Password: 339393
knaw-nl.zoom.us/j/8862454782...
Meeting-ID: 886 2454 7823
Password: 339393
May 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Join us 19 June from 10-11.30pm CEST for a discussion with Sunil Amrith on his book, "The Burning Earth" followed by commentaries from Hendro Sangkoyo and Marina Bedran, and a general discussion.
knaw-nl.zoom.us/j/8862454782...
Meeting-ID: 886 2454 7823
Password: 339393
knaw-nl.zoom.us/j/8862454782...
Meeting-ID: 886 2454 7823
Password: 339393
Issue 7 of Commodity Frontiers is live on our new website! Contributors explore carbon frontiers through power, conflict, and sovereignty. journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
May 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Issue 7 of Commodity Frontiers is live on our new website! Contributors explore carbon frontiers through power, conflict, and sovereignty. journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...