JANUARY 2025

Happy New Year and we hope that you had a restful break and a good start of the year! 

We are delighted to share the news that we have reached over 100 subscribers and it is wonderful to see people already sharing content on the platform. Please continue to do so and spread the word about the Network with your contacts and friends. 

This month, we are sharing with you a few articles and conference calls that may be of interest. 

Enjoy!


NEWS ARTICLES

  • This news article highlights the struggles of Dalit women (a marginalised caste) in Punjab, India to secure their rights to leasing village common land to cultivate organically. Approximately 75% of rural Indian women are engaged in agriculture, yet only 12% of them own the land they cultivate - a pattern that is even more marked for marginalised communities. This lack of rights means that many women do not have access to government support systems, resulting in their reliance on common land as a source of livelihood. 

  • You can also read a summary of the webinar “Seeding Futures: Connecting Feminist Political Ecology and Agroecology” where this Network was launched on Undisciplined Environment

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

  • McKay, B.M., Nehring, R. and Catacora-Vargas, G., 2024. The political economy of agroecological transitions: key analytical dimensions. The Journal of Peasant Studies, pp.1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2399138

  • Kuruganti, K., Prasad, C. S., & Shah, K. (2024). Balancing Collaboration with Autonomy: Civil Society and Agroecology Movement in India. International Journal of Rural Management, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09730052241301501 

CALL FOR PAPERS

  • Transformations of Foodways – Coloniality, Resistance and Resurgence. Call for papers for a special issue on the Journal of Agrarian Change. More details here 

  • From global to local: Enabling inclusive and democratic agri-food system transitions panel at STS Graz Conference 2025, May 2024 in Graz, Austria. The panel is convened by Anita Pinheiro and Neha Sehra. Call for papers and deadline for submission can be found here

  • Resistant Ecologies: Commoning and Repair at the War-Torn Environments in the Middle East. panel at the German Anthropological Association's 2025 convention. The panel is convened by Hilal Alkan and Sana Chavoshian. Call for papers and deadline for submission can be found here. 

EVENTS/CONFERENCES

  • International Degrowth Conference will take place in Oslo, Norway, June 24-27 2025. This year’s theme is Building socially just post-growth futures: Linking theory and action. You can check details of relevant panels here. Deadline for Abstract Submission 20 January 2025 (at 23:59 CET)