Countering dispossession, reclaiming land : a social movement ethnography / David E. Gilbert.
| Author/creator | Gilbert, David E., 1982- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024] |
| Description | xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : land-back -- Under the gun -- Primitive enclosures -- The plantation lifeworld -- From dissent to occupation -- Organizing the movement -- Diversifying the land, 1998-2016 -- The predatory work that remains -- Reclaiming solidarities -- Conclusion : going beyond -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I : The closing paragraph of the Casiavera Community Council's letter, History of the Collective Land -- Appendix II : Indonesian Peasant Union (Serikat Petani Indonesia) Charter Document, 1998 -- Appendix III : Counter-mapping. |
| Abstract | "Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land tells the story of a remarkable movement of Indonesian workers who, starting in the early 1990s, occupied the agribusiness plantation where they worked and reclaimed collective control of the land. In the years since, movement members have cultivated diverse agricultural forests, undoing the damage done over nearly a century of agribusiness abuse. Author David E. Gilbert illustrates how these workers-turned-activists moved beyond industrial agriculture's exploitation of laborers and the environment to create a more emancipatory and ecologically attuned way of living with the land. At a time when capitalism has remade landscapes and reordered society, the Casiavera reclaiming movement serves as an inspiring example of what global struggles for social and environmental justice can achieve"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Gilbert, David E., 1982- Countering dispossession, reclaiming land Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024] 9780520397774 |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| LCCN | 2023041705 |
| ISBN | 9780520397767 |
| ISBN | 9780520397750 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520397754 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520397762 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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