Category: The Commons
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What happened to the global land grab?
Ian Scoones discusses the aftermath and legacies of the ‘global land grab’ ahead of a major international conference on the topic.
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Strange Natures: Black Water Crossing
An excerpt from a comic that explores a fantastical journey to a strange island in the Andaman sea.
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Strange Natures: The pale glade
In this mythical tale by Callum Aitken, a storyteller undergoes a transformative experience.
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Photo story: Xolobeni – A Commoning Success Story
Photo story about the struggle by people in Xolobeni to protect and develop their commons against extractive interests.
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Strange Natures: Singing bullfrogs of Sanjay Van
A story about a strange encounter with singing frogs in a South Delhi forest, and the possibility of communication between species.
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Strange Natures: BRICKS
A short experimental film by Ceri Nicholls about the strangeness of human-centred worlds, isolation and nature.
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Strange Natures: Volatile ecologies and shifting islands
Photo story by Sampurna Das about the shifting river islands of eastern India.
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Strange Natures: Zine – ‘Strange Realism’
A zine by Francis Gene-Rowe about poetry, the self, time, stories and nature.
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Strange Natures: The haunted floodplains of San Felipe
A series of artworks by Jorge Losoya visualise how a community is haunted by past and future floods.
