Ecology and Decoloniality in Rojava/North and East Syria
Ecocide, Resistance, and Reconstruction
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.
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Table of Contents
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
| Published | May 27 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 202 |
| ISBN | 9798216552529 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Environment and Society |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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