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“Build the Fucking Thing Now!” Commodity Supercycles and the Absurdity of the State
In their recent introduction to the LAG Blog series on extractivism and the green energy transition, Tobias Franz and Angus McNelly draw...

Japhy Wilson
Jan 17, 20225 min read


“Construa a maldita da coisa agora!” Superciclos de commodities e o absurdo do Estado
Em sua recente introdução à série LAG Blog sobre extrativismo e transição energética verde, Tobias Franz e Angus McNelly chamam a atenção...

Japhy Wilson
Jan 17, 20225 min read


Agroecology’s societal benefits depend on solidaristic relationships: some experiences from Brazil
For several decades in Latin America, social movements have been promoting a ‘social solidarity economy’ (economia social solidaria),...

Les Levidow
Dec 13, 20212 min read


¿Bendición o perdición? América Latina inmersa en un Nuevo Super Ciclo de Commodities
Tobias Franz (SOAS) y Angus McNelly (Universidad de Greenwich) Un nuevo super ciclo de commodities Mientras que el mundo sale de las...

Angus McNelly and Tobias Franz
Oct 21, 20215 min read


Benefício ou malefício? América Latina em meio ao novo superciclo das commodities
Tobias Franz (SOAS) e Angus McNelly (Universidade de Greenwich) Um Novo “Superciclo” de Commodities Ao passo que o mundo se afasta de uma...

Angus McNelly and Tobias Franz
Oct 21, 20215 min read


Boon or Bane? Latin America in the midst of the New Commodity Supercycle
Tobias Franz (SOAS) and Angus McNelly (University of Greenwich) A New Commodity “Supercycle” As the world moves out of the long shadow...

Angus McNelly and Tobias Franz
Oct 14, 20214 min read


The politics and geopolitics of translation
Three co-editors of a new special issue of Terra Brasilis reflect on translation & the history of geography
[Ptg abaixo / Fr ci-dessous]

Archie Davies, Laura Péaud and Guilherme Ribeiro (co-editors, special issue of Terra Brasilis)
Oct 11, 202118 min read


Adapting to Uncertain Times
Transforming Participatory Research and Researcher Identities Under COVID-19 Dr Susanne Börner, University of Birmingham & University of...

Latin American Geographies in the UK
May 27, 20215 min read


Ecuador: el pueblo de Cuenca resiste con impulso a proyectos mineros ‘estratégicos’
Kinga Harasim y Tom Gatehouse para el Latin America Bureau (LAB) El LAB es una organización de la sociedad civil responsable de un sitio...

Latin American Geographies in the UK
Apr 20, 20216 min read


Ecuador: people of Cuenca deal blow to ‘strategic’ mining projects
Ecuador: people of Cuenca deal blow to ‘strategic’ mining projects Kinga Harasim and Tom Gatehouse for Latin America Bureau (LAB) LAB is...

Latin American Geographies in the UK
Apr 20, 20216 min read


The Laboratory of Indianista-Katarista Thought
By Abraham Delgado Mancilla Translated by Angus McNelly Origins The Laboratory of Indianista-Katarista Thought is a collective from the...

Latin American Geographies in the UK
Apr 7, 20213 min read


El Laboratorio del Pensamiento Indianista-Katarista
Por Abraham Delgado Mancilla De dónde viene El Laboratorio del Pensamiento Indianista-Katarista[1], es un colectivo de la ciudad de El...

Latin American Geographies in the UK
Apr 7, 20213 min read


Women in Latin American critical geographies
This post is part of our series on Recent Publications. If you would like to introduce, discuss and promote any recent work, contact the...

Federico Ferretti
Feb 10, 20216 min read


Mulheres nas geografias críticas latino-americanas
Esta postagem é parte de nossa série sobre Publicações Recentes. Caso quiser apresentar, discutir e promover algum trabalho recente,...

Federico Ferretti
Feb 10, 20215 min read


Traduzindo Beatriz Nascimento em 2021
Esta é a primeira postagem em nossa série sobre Publicações Recentes. Caso quiser apresentar, discutir e promover algum trabalho recente,...

Archie Davies
Jan 28, 20214 min read


Translating Beatriz Nascimento in 2021
This is the first post in our series on Recent Publications. If you would like to introduce, discuss and promote any recent work, contact...

Archie Davies
Jan 28, 20214 min read


Social Movements and Urban Space
This blog post is the first in what will be a series under the heading A network of networks. These posts will introduce networks of...

Cláudio Jorge Moura de Castilho
Jan 6, 20213 min read


Movimentos Sociais e Espaço Urbano
Esta postagem de blog é a primeira em que será uma série sob o título Uma rede das redes. Essas postagens apresentarão as redes de...

Cláudio Jorge Moura de Castilho
Jan 6, 20214 min read


Record number of indigenous mayors and councillors elected in the Brazilian Amazon in 2020
What accounts for this dramatic increase in indigenous political representation?

Pietra Cepero Rua Perez
Dec 11, 20205 min read


Número recorde de prefeitos e vereadores indígenas eleitos na Amazônia brasileira em 2020
Pietra Cepero Rua Perez (doutoranda em Geografia Humana pela Universidade de Durham) pietra.cepero-rua-perez@durham.ac.uk No dia 15 de...

Pietra Cepero Rua Perez
Dec 11, 20205 min read
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