Governing (land) for the future: A case for decolonizing land and its governance?
Channel: Land Portal
Date: 2022-06-23

Dr. Laura German, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Integrative Conservation Research at the University of Georgia, shares a preview of her keynote speech at the LANDac International Conference 2022.

“In my talk, I'll provide a preview of my forthcoming book, in which I draw on the tools of ontological anthropology to explore the land governance concepts and instruments at play, and to contrast them with other ways of knowing and enacting land tenure and security from across the African continent. As you might imagine, radically different land worlds emerge. The dominant constructs being deployed in the land governance community emerged not as having universal validity, but as being deeply situated culturally. I will profile these findings and explore their consequences by engaging with political economy and writings on coloniality, what worlds are being brought into being with a dominant construct surrounding land governance, and why and what worlds are foreclosed in the process. This allows us to locate the operation of power within the constructs and practices being advanced as socially progressive antidotes to land grabbing.”

Read more and register for the conference: https://landportal.org/event/2022/02/landac-conference-2022