Land Rush
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Investigating land rushes and the social implications worldwide
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Land Rush
@rrushes5.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Call for Applications, Journal of Peasant Studies Asia Writeshop
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 1-12 July 2025, China Agricultural University, Beijing. Call for Applications The Journal o…
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📢📢 Call for Applications!
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025, from 1-12 July 2025 at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Deadline is on 15th March 2025. See further details:
casasouth.org/call-for-app...
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025, from 1-12 July 2025 at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Deadline is on 15th March 2025. See further details:
casasouth.org/call-for-app...
Reposted by Land Rush
Animation by Boy Dominguez x Brisa Amir x Tom Estrera III
Narrated by professor Jun Borras
Resources:
www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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Narrated by professor Jun Borras
Resources:
www.tni.org/en/article/t...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
www.iss.nl/en/research/...
The politics of land | Transnational Institute
Land is central to contemporary debates about politics. Land sustains the livelihoods of millions through farming, livestock keeping, hunting and collecting. Such livelihoods are intimately bound up w...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Animation by Boy Dominguez x Brisa Amir x Tom Estrera III
Narrated by professor Jun Borras
Resources:
www.tni.org/en/article/t...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
www.iss.nl/en/research/...
Narrated by professor Jun Borras
Resources:
www.tni.org/en/article/t...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
www.iss.nl/en/research/...
Reposted by Land Rush
Land is life. Who has access to what land and under what conditions partly determines who gains and who loses. Land politics shape food, climate, labour, migration, democracy, and geopolitics. Democratizing land regimes is difficult but absolutely necessary for a just future.
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Land is life. Who has access to what land and under what conditions partly determines who gains and who loses. Land politics shape food, climate, labour, migration, democracy, and geopolitics. Democratizing land regimes is difficult but absolutely necessary for a just future.
Reposted by Land Rush
Land is at the heart of people’s livelihoods and cultures, and communities worldwide struggle to secure access against corporate and state power. The Oxford Handbook of Land Politics shows how land is never just about production but also about care, migration, and justice www.tni.org/en/article/t...
September 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Land is at the heart of people’s livelihoods and cultures, and communities worldwide struggle to secure access against corporate and state power. The Oxford Handbook of Land Politics shows how land is never just about production but also about care, migration, and justice www.tni.org/en/article/t...
The "land rush" in the Colombian Amazon is more than just big companies. A new paper by @itayosara.bsky.social introduces two crucial, but often overlooked, categories: failed corporate deals and everyday pin-prick land accumulation. Access from here!👇🏽
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The "land rush" in the Colombian Amazon is more than just big companies. A new paper by @itayosara.bsky.social introduces two crucial, but often overlooked, categories: failed corporate deals and everyday pin-prick land accumulation. Access from here!👇🏽
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New paper alert!
"Failed land deals and the invisibilization of land grabbing in Mozambique" by Natacha Bruna, Saturnino M. Borras Jr. & Yunan Xu.
Failed land deals, even when they fall through, fundamentally alter social relations & local ecologies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Failed land deals and the invisibilization of land grabbing in Mozambique" by Natacha Bruna, Saturnino M. Borras Jr. & Yunan Xu.
Failed land deals, even when they fall through, fundamentally alter social relations & local ecologies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
New paper alert!
"Failed land deals and the invisibilization of land grabbing in Mozambique" by Natacha Bruna, Saturnino M. Borras Jr. & Yunan Xu.
Failed land deals, even when they fall through, fundamentally alter social relations & local ecologies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Failed land deals and the invisibilization of land grabbing in Mozambique" by Natacha Bruna, Saturnino M. Borras Jr. & Yunan Xu.
Failed land deals, even when they fall through, fundamentally alter social relations & local ecologies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Arabic version of “Power and politics through keywords in everyday life” blog by Jun Borras and Jenifer Franco is out! Translated by @SiyadaAfrique
www.siyada.org/amr-khairy/%...
www.siyada.org/amr-khairy/%...
August 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Arabic version of “Power and politics through keywords in everyday life” blog by Jun Borras and Jenifer Franco is out! Translated by @SiyadaAfrique
www.siyada.org/amr-khairy/%...
www.siyada.org/amr-khairy/%...
While global land rush discourse centers on corporate deals, Moges Belay's Ethiopia research reveals how often-overlooked "pin-prick" and "in-between" land transactions collectively wield comparable socio-economic impact on communities. #LandRush #Ethiopia
Open access here!
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
Open access here!
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
July 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
While global land rush discourse centers on corporate deals, Moges Belay's Ethiopia research reveals how often-overlooked "pin-prick" and "in-between" land transactions collectively wield comparable socio-economic impact on communities. #LandRush #Ethiopia
Open access here!
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
Open access here!
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
Keywords are never neutral! 🧐 "Land tenure security" can protect peasants OR legitimize a land grab. Where you stand shapes meaning. Dive deeper into how power & politics work through keywords with Jun Borras & Jennifer Franco: www.tni.org/en/article/p...
Power and politics through keywords in everyday life | Transnational Institute
What a keyword means to you often depends on which side of the fence you stand. The term ‘land tenure security’ can be protecting poor peasants, but it could also mean legitimizing a land grab by a co...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Keywords are never neutral! 🧐 "Land tenure security" can protect peasants OR legitimize a land grab. Where you stand shapes meaning. Dive deeper into how power & politics work through keywords with Jun Borras & Jennifer Franco: www.tni.org/en/article/p...
📚 Essential Concepts of Land Politics: an A-Z Guide" by Jun Borras & Jennifer Franco is out now!
Get a holistic view, linking land to food, climate, labor, citizenship, & geopolitics. Essential for students, policymakers & activists. 25% off with code ECLP25! 👉 www.routledge.com/.../Borras.....
Get a holistic view, linking land to food, climate, labor, citizenship, & geopolitics. Essential for students, policymakers & activists. 25% off with code ECLP25! 👉 www.routledge.com/.../Borras.....
June 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📚 Essential Concepts of Land Politics: an A-Z Guide" by Jun Borras & Jennifer Franco is out now!
Get a holistic view, linking land to food, climate, labor, citizenship, & geopolitics. Essential for students, policymakers & activists. 25% off with code ECLP25! 👉 www.routledge.com/.../Borras.....
Get a holistic view, linking land to food, climate, labor, citizenship, & geopolitics. Essential for students, policymakers & activists. 25% off with code ECLP25! 👉 www.routledge.com/.../Borras.....
Global land rushes often result in "failed land deals." Dr Lorenza Arango's Colombian 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘢 study shows spectacle drives investment, but understanding the full picture means looking beyond hype to both failed & operational land deals. 👇🏽
www-tandfonline-com.eur.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
www-tandfonline-com.eur.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
June 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Global land rushes often result in "failed land deals." Dr Lorenza Arango's Colombian 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘢 study shows spectacle drives investment, but understanding the full picture means looking beyond hype to both failed & operational land deals. 👇🏽
www-tandfonline-com.eur.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
www-tandfonline-com.eur.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....
New paper alert! 👇🏽 PhD researcher Moges Belay analyzes how Ethiopia's land rush over the past 20 years led to the emergence of aspiring small/medium capitalist farmers and the role played by migrant labour.
www.iss.nl/en/news/migr...
www.iss.nl/en/news/migr...
Migrant workers, capitalist farmers and the land rush in Ethiopia
Moges Belay argues that the recent emergence of aspiring small- and medium-size capitalist farmers in Ethiopia results from the land rush over the past 20 years
www.iss.nl
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
New paper alert! 👇🏽 PhD researcher Moges Belay analyzes how Ethiopia's land rush over the past 20 years led to the emergence of aspiring small/medium capitalist farmers and the role played by migrant labour.
www.iss.nl/en/news/migr...
www.iss.nl/en/news/migr...
Important new blog alert! Jun Borras and @itayosara.bsky.social discuss a revolution for land and life in Colombia (and beyond!), emphasizing the urgent need for land redistribution, restitution, and recognition. Agrarian and environmental justice are a shared global goal.
tinyurl.com/RRUSHES-5
tinyurl.com/RRUSHES-5
A revolution for land and life in Colombia – and the world
Colombia signs a Pact for Land and Life and commits to land redistribution, restititution and recognition for rural working people. Read more in this blog post
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April 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Important new blog alert! Jun Borras and @itayosara.bsky.social discuss a revolution for land and life in Colombia (and beyond!), emphasizing the urgent need for land redistribution, restitution, and recognition. Agrarian and environmental justice are a shared global goal.
tinyurl.com/RRUSHES-5
tinyurl.com/RRUSHES-5
The most critical factor that shapes the character and trajectory of the sugarcane sector in China is neither land nor labour, individually, but rather the interactions of social dynamics around land and labour, and specifically migrant labour. Read further here!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The most critical factor that shapes the character and trajectory of the sugarcane sector in China is neither land nor labour, individually, but rather the interactions of social dynamics around land and labour, and specifically migrant labour. Read further here!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper alert! 🚨 Dr. Tsegaye Moreda highlights the crucial role of seasonal migrant labor in Ethiopia-Sudan borderland agriculture (sesame, cotton). Often overlooked, but key to capitalist production. #migration #agriculture #Ethiopia #Sudan
Access below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Access below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cross-border seasonal migrant labour and agricultural commodity production in the Ethiopia–Sudan borderlands - Agriculture and Human Values
The Ethiopia-Sudan borderlands have long been a hub of capitalist production of lucrative agricultural commodities such as sesame that profoundly shape the political economy of these borderlands. Cros...
link.springer.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New paper alert! 🚨 Dr. Tsegaye Moreda highlights the crucial role of seasonal migrant labor in Ethiopia-Sudan borderland agriculture (sesame, cotton). Often overlooked, but key to capitalist production. #migration #agriculture #Ethiopia #Sudan
Access below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Access below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy to share a new paper by Dr. Lorenza Arango! She investigates the interplay of production and social reproduction at migrants’ places of origin and work destinations, focusing on Puerto Gaitán in Colombia. The article is open access at the link below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Production, social reproduction and the politics of land in Colombia
How do production and social reproduction interplay with each other in migrants' place of origin and in their host communities. This article investigates
www.iss.nl
March 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Happy to share a new paper by Dr. Lorenza Arango! She investigates the interplay of production and social reproduction at migrants’ places of origin and work destinations, focusing on Puerto Gaitán in Colombia. The article is open access at the link below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
¿Cómo se unen investigación y luchas por la tierra? Borras y Franco lo explican en su libro 'Investigación activista y luchas por la tierra', traducido por J. Sebastian Reyes-Bejarano. 👇🏽
estudiosdeldesarrollo.mx/ebooks-inves...
estudiosdeldesarrollo.mx/ebooks-inves...
February 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
¿Cómo se unen investigación y luchas por la tierra? Borras y Franco lo explican en su libro 'Investigación activista y luchas por la tierra', traducido por J. Sebastian Reyes-Bejarano. 👇🏽
estudiosdeldesarrollo.mx/ebooks-inves...
estudiosdeldesarrollo.mx/ebooks-inves...
New paper alert! @itayosara.bsky.social examines sectoral struggles for land by Black communities, Indigenous Peoples, and peasants. In particular, she explores their ambivalences, dynamics, limitations, and the possibilities for overcoming them. Link below!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Limits and possibilities of contemporary land struggles by Indigenous Peoples, Black Communities and Campesinxs in the Colombian Amazon
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 title...
www.tandfonline.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New paper alert! @itayosara.bsky.social examines sectoral struggles for land by Black communities, Indigenous Peoples, and peasants. In particular, she explores their ambivalences, dynamics, limitations, and the possibilities for overcoming them. Link below!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📢📢 Call for Applications!
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025, from 1-12 July 2025 at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Deadline is on 15th March 2025. See further details:
casasouth.org/call-for-app...
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025, from 1-12 July 2025 at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Deadline is on 15th March 2025. See further details:
casasouth.org/call-for-app...
Call for Applications, Journal of Peasant Studies Asia Writeshop
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 1-12 July 2025, China Agricultural University, Beijing. Call for Applications The Journal o…
casasouth.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📢📢 Call for Applications!
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025, from 1-12 July 2025 at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Deadline is on 15th March 2025. See further details:
casasouth.org/call-for-app...
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025, from 1-12 July 2025 at China Agricultural University, Beijing. Deadline is on 15th March 2025. See further details:
casasouth.org/call-for-app...
Article by our PhD researcher Lorenza Arango critiques the idea that Indigenous stewardship and land tenure can address the climate crisis, emphasizing capitalist exploitation's impact on the commons and to consider Indigenous communities’ lived realities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Indigenous peoples, commons and the challenge of sustaining life amid capitalist land grabs
The role of Indigenous peoples in the protection of the nature ‘commons’ has gained much traction worldwide. It has been suggested that Indigenous ‘environmental stewardship’ would significantly co...
www.tandfonline.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Article by our PhD researcher Lorenza Arango critiques the idea that Indigenous stewardship and land tenure can address the climate crisis, emphasizing capitalist exploitation's impact on the commons and to consider Indigenous communities’ lived realities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....