Category: The Commons
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Podcast: Shepherding schools and reviving rural futures
Podcast episode about the Inland project in northern Spain, which combines commons-based approaches to pastoralism, agroecology, culture and art.
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Food systems are broken. Could treating land as commons help?
Widespread separation from the land combined with deep inequalities may give rise to novel forms of land governance, but with contradictions and contestations.
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Podcast: Land, democracy, identity
Podcast episode with US-based author Antonia Malchik about walking, ownership, nature, urban spaces and politics.
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What is land for?
Histories of enclosure and profit shape what can be grown on the land, as Scotland’s history illustrates.
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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.
