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Felix Anderl is professor of conflict studies at the Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps-University Marburg. His research focuses on conflicts over land, food and rural development. Linking the disciplines of social movement research, international relations, and conflict research, he emphasizes field research, such as participant observation in social movements and the institutions they oppose.
An exciting endeavour to bring land, the very material and physically located base of living, back into global studies, where the social world sometimes seems fluid, imagined and detached from its material ground. --Bettina Engels, professor in peace and conflict research, Freie Universität Berlin Anderl's edited collection is an exciting foray into how land knowledges change through a plurality of meanings of land as a caring subject with histories, relationships, and effects. A terrific resource for all social scientists concerned with social justice and the vital need to rethink human relationships to the environment. --Wendy Harcourt, professor of gender, diversity and sustainable development, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam For something that is central to human history, identity and society, the meanings of land are seriously undertheorized. Epistemologies of Land addresses this glaring lacunae. Within the context of the climate emergency, demonstrating that land-based relations continues to be the foundation of both life on this planet and the contemporary social order is an urgent and important task. This timely book will be read and appreciated by students and scholars alike for its unique insights into the critical role of the knowledge that can be derived from land and the implications of that knowledge for the future. --Haroon Akram-Lodhi, professor of economics and international development studies, Trent University An exciting endeavour to bring land, the very material and physically located base of living, back into global studies, where the social world sometimes seems fluid, imagined and detached from its material ground. Anderl's edited collection is an exciting foray into how land knowledges change through a plurality of meanings of land as a caring subject with histories, relationships, and effects. A terrific resource for all social scientists concerned with social justice and the vital need to rethink human relationships to the environment. For something that is central to human history, identity and society, the meanings of land are seriously undertheorized. Epistemologies of Land addresses this glaring lacunae. Within the context of the climate emergency, demonstrating that land-based relations continues to be the foundation of both life on this planet and the contemporary social order is an urgent and important task. This timely book will be read and appreciated by students and scholars alike for its unique insights into the critical role of the knowledge that can be derived from land and the implications of that knowledge for the future.
