Sinem Kavak
@snmkavak
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Researcher of critical political economy and sustainability @LUCSUS_LU
Joined February 2014
I am so happy to share that I published this open access in @Peasant_Journal- on the question of agency in territory-based rural struggles, focusing on water struggles in Turkey.
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This article explores the complexities of agency in contemporary territory-based mobilisations in the countryside by focusing on water struggles in Turkey. Using a historical-spatial approach, it c...
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RT @Peasant_Journal: Call for Applications - Asia regional Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar Activism 2025 1-12 July, Beij….
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Join us to discuss refugee agency and decision-making in the first countries of asylum. Today, @ Danish Institute for International Studies.
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How do individual refugees perceive and respond to opportunities and challenges that have a bearing on their decision to remain where they are or to move onwards, whether within one country or across...
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Attended Agromig seminar at Uni Calabria this week. We had very interesting presentations at the nexus of agriculture and migration, alongside inspiring grassroot organizations. Check the program if interested on the topic👇🏽
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My dear friend Deniz just published this important work on conviviality based on extensive field work in BurgazAda. Check it out👇🏽.
My book "Conviviality in Burgaz: Living, Loving and Fighting on a Diverse Island" just came out as open access (Palgrave). You can download the book for free from the link. Feel free to share it. @palgrave @sussexanthropol @lunduniversity #conviviality.
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RT @Peasant_Journal: How to Resist the Expanding Global Land Grab #LandGrabbing2024 in Bogota is a step towards strengthening alliances to….
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The International Conference on Global Land Grabbing in Bogotá this week is a step towards strengthening alliances across social justice movements.
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RT @Peasant_Journal: 🌱In just 3 days, the world comes together to address global land grabbing issues at our International Conference. Let'….
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RT @Casas_South: Decolonisation is not a metaphor, nor is solidarity. Now is the time to stand and reaffirm our commitment to resist Israel….
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Check out the English, Arabic, Spanish, French, and Portuguese versions of our collective statement below: We, the Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South (CASAS), are writing this …
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Here is our petition as @Casas_South collective to express solidarity for free and independent Palestine and demand urgent ceasefire to stop ongoing genocide. Feel free to share and sign
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Palestine: Reaffirming our commitment for a solidarity-based network of Global South agrarian studies scholars
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RT @MineIslar: Join us in Lund @LUCSUS_LU for the upcoming @PolEcoNet Political Ecology Conference #POLLEN24! Deadline: December 15.
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RT @via_campesina: As the @Peasant_Journal celebrates its 50th anniversary (#JPS50) La Via Campesina joins them and others in this conferen….
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RT @Peasant_Journal: Organizing the #JPS50 conference has been a labour of love, rendered possible by the incredible generosity and commitm….
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such a pleasure.
Kicking off our second day of conference with @snmkavak Carmen Louw, Pan Lu, Walter Chambati, and Ricardo Jacobs on Urbanization, labour, and migration
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After months of hard work, finally it is here! Kicking off the conference, Critical Agrarian Studies in the 21st Century this morning in Beijing with a plenary with Henry Bernstein, Jingzhong Ye and Morgan Ody chaired by Ruth Hall. Exciting days ahead! #JPS50th @Casas_South
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I also show that this group enabled abstraction, place-framing and aestheticised resistance, common elements we observe in contemporary territorial mobilisations.
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Through an analysis of tea production and complex urban-rural interactions, I argue that capitalist agrarian transformation in Turkey led to the emergence of an ‘urban middle class with peasant characteristics’, with a strong capacity for mobilisation and alliance-building.
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RT @Casas_South: Call for papers for International Conference on Global Land Grabbing is out!.It will take place 19-21 March 2024 in Bogota….
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What is LDPI? More than a decade ago, the Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI) was launched as a loose network of scholars and activists concerned about the rise of land, water and green…
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Dear colleagues, don't forget to submit your abstract if you want to join this exciting event in Beijing.
🚨 Call for papers still open. We are celebrating JPS's 50th anniversary with an international conference: . Critical Agrarian Studies in the 21st Century. 🗓️ Beijing, 10-12 October. ⏰ Submit your abstract before May 5th:
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Our collective piece on justice and scholar activism in the field of critical agrarian studies is out, published in the Journal of Peasant Studies which is celebrating its 50th year. Check it out!.
30+ CASAS members co-authored this piece just published by @Peasant_Journal .It's our contribution on a much needed debate for transforming critical agrarian studies through solidarity, scholar-activist and emancipatory agendas!.
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