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Ecology and Decoloniality in Rojava/North and East Syria

Ecocide, Resistance, and Reconstruction

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Ecology and Decoloniality in Rojava/North and East Syria

Ecocide, Resistance, and Reconstruction

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This is an interdisciplinary collection that examines the intersection of decolonization, ecological resistance, and the Kurdish freedom movement. Bringing together contributions from ten activist-scholars, the book offers unique insights into how Kurdish communities are responding to colonial violence, environmental degradation, and state repression through grassroots ecological initiatives.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Necmettin Türk (University of Hamburg), Joost Jongerden (Wageningen University), and Stephen E. Hunt (University of the West of England, Bristol)

SECTION I: War, Extractivism and Ecocide in Kurdistan

1: Mountains of Strife: Armed Conflict and Environmental Degradation in Kurdistan
Lina Eklund (Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science & CMES, Lund University) and Pinar Dinç (Department of Political Science & CMES, Lund University)

2: Revolution on a Dying Planet: Environmental Catastrophes and Political Ecology of North-East Syria
Marcin Skupinski (University of Warsaw)

3: Extractivism and Ecocide under the Justice and Development Party (JDP)
Bengi Akbulut (Concordia University, Montréal)

SECTION II: Ecological Crisis and Perspective of Ecology in Democratic Modernity

4: The Challenges of a Kurdish Ecofeminist Perspective: Maria Mies, Abdullah Öcalan, and the Praxis of Jineolojî
Gea Piccardi (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

5: Öcalan, the Third Nature, and the Dissolution of the PKK
Davide Grasso (University of Turin)

SECTION III: Interweaving the Ecological Struggle in Kurdistan with the Anti-Colonialist and Anti-capitalist Struggle

6: Decolonisation of Agriculture: Challenging Colonisation through the Reconstruction of Agriculture in Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
Necmettin Türk (University of Hamburg) and Joost Jongerden (Wageningen University)

7: “Education under a Tree”: Greening Education through Ecopedagogy in North and East Syria (Rojava)
Stephen E. Hunt (University of the West of England, Bristol) and Necmettin Türk (University of Hamburg)

8: Interweaving International and Ecological Solidarity
Interview with Make Rojava Green Again/International Rojava Commune

Conclusion: Challenges and Possibilities
Necmettin Türk (University of Hamburg), Joost Jongerden (Wageningen University), and Stephen E. Hunt (University of the West of England, Bristol)

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Jun 24 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 202
ISBN 9798216552505
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Series Environment and Society
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Necmettin Türk

Anthology Editor

Joost Jongerden

Anthology Editor

Stephen E. Hunt

Stephen E. Hunt is academic skills coordinator for…

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