Dear colleagues,
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the NGM in Trondheim, Norway,
is now January 10th. That is why I would like to draw your attention a
last time to the session call on geographies of (long-term) land
ownership. I would also be delighted if you would pass the call on to
people who might be interested in the topic. To submit an abstract or
for any further questions please contact Felix Silomon-Pflug
([log in to unmask]).
Sorry for cross postings and best regards
Felix Silomon-Pflug
Geographies of (long-term) land ownership
Felix Silomon-Pflug (Goethe University, Germany)
Brett Christophers (Uppsala University, Sweden) (Co-Chair/Discussant)
Land is an economic key asset and the basis for follow-up investments
(Löhr 2013). In this sense, land is not just fictitious capital
(Marx/Harvey) or commodity (Polanyi). Furthermore, it incorporates the
capacity of (future) value creation (Christophers 2016) and, in a more
general sense, the capacity to act. Such a perspective on land brings
into focus how (long-term) land ownership – as an objectified expression
of (historical) social relations – shapes possible combinations of
social relations within a specific spatio-temporal framework. Besides
doing research on marketization and financialization of land, it is
necessary to develop a broader understanding of the political economy
and the geographies of (long-term) land ownership.
Beyond analytical considerations, land ownership is an important
empirical and political field. Through austerity policies and
neo-liberalization, the state lost its importance and legitimacy as
landowner in most Western societies. This goes hand in hand with the
global expansion and normalization of an understanding of land ownership
that is primarily characterized as private (Blomley 2003). Consequently,
the not-so-new question of social and sustainable access to land is more
urgent than ever.
Aim of the paper session is to discuss theoretical and empirical
contributions on (long-term) land ownership in current social
formations, which cover the following and related issues:
* How can (long-term) land ownership be approached
empirically/conceptually as an objectified expression of social
relations or as political strategy?
* What is the future role of public property and the state as land owner?
* How, for example, do aristocratic/bourgeois trusts or foundations
and churches use land ownership to shape economic/social geographies?
* What (historical) forms of (collective) long-term land ownership
challenge private land ownership and the economic integration of
land in the Global North and South?
Please submit abstracts to “[log in to unmask]”. Submission
deadline is January 10th.
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*Dr. Felix Silomon-Pflug
*Lecturer & Postdoc Researcher
Goethe University
Department of Human Geography
60629 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
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