This paper examines land grabbing in Bangladesh and views such seizures through the lens of displ... more This paper examines land grabbing in Bangladesh and views such seizures through the lens of displacement and land encroachment. Two different but potentially interacting displacement processes are examined. The first, the char riverine and coastal sediment regions that are in a constant state of formation and erosion, are contested sites ripe for power plays that uproot small producers on their
ABSTRACT This paper explores Hindu East Bengali/Pakistani/Bangladeshi belonging as a contingent r... more ABSTRACT This paper explores Hindu East Bengali/Pakistani/Bangladeshi belonging as a contingent relation of inclusion that is constitutive of securing majoritarian rule. I argue that despite their formal citizenship status, Hindus are produced as undeserving others, as proxy citizens, a status that casts them as having questionable loyalty to their country of birth. I explore this production as a relation of in-situ displacement, a characterization that reveals their relation to place that does not depend on physical mobility. I offer an historical analysis that highlights the country’s relation to changing national and transnational relations of a dependent political economy as a colony, under military rule, and as a democratic formation, where Bangladesh is characterized by ongoing, if uneven, tensions between majoritarianism and more inclusive forms of belonging.
This paper reviews the changing issues that shape understandings of agriculture, agroecology, rur... more This paper reviews the changing issues that shape understandings of agriculture, agroecology, rural landscapes, and food production over the course of the last 50 years. While we will highlight the specific changes that characterize the last two decades, we will situate current conditions and shifts against the longer backdrop of the post-World War II period. Providing a historical context for ongoing debates and practices will enable us to show how current debates respond to, challenge, extend, and at times, reproduce ideas and strategies of an earlier period. Thus, this review will have two interrelated goals: First, to outline the backdrop against which we can understand current shifts in agricultural debates and policy choices; and second, to show how these debates feature in contemporary understandings of the status of global agriculture.
... management: a guidebook for broadening the concepts of gender and farming systems. Author inf... more ... management: a guidebook for broadening the concepts of gender and farming systems. Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics. Author Info. Lightfoot, C. Feldman, S. Abedin, MZ Abstract. ...
... The now famous case of Nurjahan who committed suicide following a fatwa that led to her stoni... more ... The now famous case of Nurjahan who committed suicide following a fatwa that led to her stoning, but not to her death, suggests that women may decide on suicide when other options are either unimaginable or seem unworkable. ...
This paper examines land grabbing in Bangladesh and views such seizures through the lens of displ... more This paper examines land grabbing in Bangladesh and views such seizures through the lens of displacement and land encroachment. Two different but potentially interacting displacement processes are examined. The first, the char riverine and coastal sediment regions that are in a constant state of formation and erosion, are contested sites ripe for power plays that uproot small producers on their
ABSTRACT This paper explores Hindu East Bengali/Pakistani/Bangladeshi belonging as a contingent r... more ABSTRACT This paper explores Hindu East Bengali/Pakistani/Bangladeshi belonging as a contingent relation of inclusion that is constitutive of securing majoritarian rule. I argue that despite their formal citizenship status, Hindus are produced as undeserving others, as proxy citizens, a status that casts them as having questionable loyalty to their country of birth. I explore this production as a relation of in-situ displacement, a characterization that reveals their relation to place that does not depend on physical mobility. I offer an historical analysis that highlights the country’s relation to changing national and transnational relations of a dependent political economy as a colony, under military rule, and as a democratic formation, where Bangladesh is characterized by ongoing, if uneven, tensions between majoritarianism and more inclusive forms of belonging.
This paper reviews the changing issues that shape understandings of agriculture, agroecology, rur... more This paper reviews the changing issues that shape understandings of agriculture, agroecology, rural landscapes, and food production over the course of the last 50 years. While we will highlight the specific changes that characterize the last two decades, we will situate current conditions and shifts against the longer backdrop of the post-World War II period. Providing a historical context for ongoing debates and practices will enable us to show how current debates respond to, challenge, extend, and at times, reproduce ideas and strategies of an earlier period. Thus, this review will have two interrelated goals: First, to outline the backdrop against which we can understand current shifts in agricultural debates and policy choices; and second, to show how these debates feature in contemporary understandings of the status of global agriculture.
... management: a guidebook for broadening the concepts of gender and farming systems. Author inf... more ... management: a guidebook for broadening the concepts of gender and farming systems. Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics. Author Info. Lightfoot, C. Feldman, S. Abedin, MZ Abstract. ...
... The now famous case of Nurjahan who committed suicide following a fatwa that led to her stoni... more ... The now famous case of Nurjahan who committed suicide following a fatwa that led to her stoning, but not to her death, suggests that women may decide on suicide when other options are either unimaginable or seem unworkable. ...
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