XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018)

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Colonial and Contemporary Land Appropriation and Dispossession: In Search of Justice

Language: English

Invited Session

Colonial histories and contemporary land appropriation reflect the structures and cultural processes that perpetuate violence against indigenous and minority communities. State and corporate power often collude in their social, political, economic and cultural marginalization. This plenary panel addresses the historical processes of colonial and contemporary land dispossession. Conceptual frameworks and empirical data address colonial histories, contexts of land appropriation, and dispossession of indigenous peoples and marginalized communities. The persistence of past inequalities and violence, as well the contemporary forms of extraction, unequal development and displacement, with implications for labor markets, gender relations, families, household and ‘country’ are examined. Also discussed, are various forms of contestation, resistance and agency, and the urgent need to rectify injustices for social transformation.