ABSTRACT Taking as its case study the category of the ‘asylum seeker’ in UK law, this paper develops on latent concerns in legal geographies with processes of abstraction. Following Bhandar and Toscano, race, law and capital are here understood as different, co‐articulating modalities of abstraction, through which the ‘asylum seeker’ is constituted and
Anna Pearce
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Assessing Risks and Innovating Traceability in Campania's Illegal Mussel Sale: A One Health Perspective. [PDF]
Vuoso V +8 more
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Rethinking the Race–Nation Nexus: Spatial Narratives of Racialised Italians in the United Kingdom
ABSTRACT Nation and race are often theorised as closely intertwined, with nationalism frequently positioned as a driving force behind racism. The article advances an empirically grounded argument that challenges this assumed relationship. In particular, it explores how space, understood as a socially constructed category, is discursively mobilised in ...
Marco Antonsich
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Fossil Hegemony and Capitalist Realism in Tropic of Orange
ABSTRACT This article examines Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of Orange (1997) through the lens of Mark Fisher's influential concept ‘capitalist realism’. Scholars of petrofiction have pointed to a political ambivalence in the representation of fossil fuels, where a better understanding of fossil capital can overwhelm as much as galvanize.
Claire Ravenscroft
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From conflict to collaboration: how local natural resource management conventions foster peacebuilding between farmers and herders in central Mali. [PDF]
Ba B, Affognon H, Flintan F.
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ABSTRACT The invasive kariba weed (Salvinia molesta) has severely degraded aquatic ecosystems in Uganda's Kyoga basin lakes and Kibimba Dam, disrupting fisheries, navigation and community livelihoods. Between 2017 and 2021, the National Agricultural Research Organisation implemented a biological control program using the host‐specific weevil ...
Irene Bayiyana +6 more
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Habitat Selection of the Smooth-Coated Otter (<i>Lutrogale perspicillata</i>) in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal. [PDF]
Awasthi B +4 more
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Performance of Lacustrine Protected Areas (LPAs) on Lake Victoria: A Case of Bulago, Uganda
Bulago Lacustrine Protected Area (LPA) on Lake Victoria, Uganda, serves as a sanctuary for fish stocks and biodiversity. This study assesses fish catch per unit effort (CPUE) within LPA and in fishing grounds outside LPA. Using five years of quarterly data, CPUE outside LPA rises first, then declines due to increased effort, with southern sites ...
Kalyango Mustapher +1 more
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The LIFE STREAMS Project for the Recovery of the Native Mediterranean Trout in Six Italian Pilot Areas: Planning and Adoption of Conservation Actions. [PDF]
Carosi A +18 more
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ABSTRACT Small‐scale fisheries and aquaculture constitute critical pillars of food security, livelihoods, and rural economies across East Africa, yet persistent gendered inequalities continue to constrain both equity and sectoral performance. This study provides a synthesis of empirical evidence from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to examine how ...
Kevin Okoth Ouko +8 more
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