Land

Abstract

Fragen von Land sind angesichts von globalem Klimawandel, einer wachsenden Weltbevölkerung und mehrfachen Ernährungskrisen wieder in das Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit gerückt. Im Zuge der “Wiederentdeckung der Landfrage” wurden auch die vielschichtigen Dimensionen von Land erneut deutlich, die Land von anderen Ressourcen unterscheiden. Land symbolisiert Gemeinschaft, Erinnerung, Erbe, Zugehörigkeit und Identität ebenso wie Eroberung, Enteignung udn Vertreibung. Land ist materiell und physisch greifbar und umfasst neben seiner Oberfläche auch den Erdboden und den Zugang zu weiteren Ressourcen. Land ist produktiv- und damit an das Überleben von Menschen gekoppelt.

Biographical Note

Sarah Ruth Sippel (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University)

Sarah Ruth Sippel is a lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and a Principal Investigator at the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1199. Her research interests concern the complex nature of the global agri-food system, particularly questions in relation to food security, the financialization of agriculture and food, and the alternatives that are being developed to the current agri-food system. All these issues raise important questions in relation to politics, ethics, and social justice, which motivate her research. As a human geographer with a background in Middle Eastern Studies and Philosophy, Sarah investigates social phenomena from an interdisciplinary and transregional perspective. She intensively worked on the interlinkages between export agriculture, rural livelihood security, and labour migration in North Africa and the Western Mediterranean. Her current research addresses the diverse (re)imaginations of land in Australia.

Michaela Böhme (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University)

Michaela Böhme started her PhD research at the Collaborative Research Center 1199 at Leipzig University in 2016 as part of the project “Land Imaginations: The Repositioning of Farming, Productivity, and Sovereignty in Australia”, headed by Dr. Sarah Ruth Sippel. Previously, she completed an MA in Global Studies with an area focus on China at Leipzig University. She is interested in the political economy of China’s development, broader issues of multipolarity, and the globalization of food and agriculture.