Decolonising territory through land reform? Lessons from Bolivia’s Native Community Lands

Описание: Penelope Anthias presents “Decolonising territory through land reform? Lessons from Bolivia’s Native Community Lands” at the 2025 Scotland’s Land Reform Futures International Symposium. She speaks about the global shift towards respect for Indigenous rights and cultures, and native community lands as a new form of ownership with contested implementation and mixed results.

This talk is part of the panel “Scottish Land Reform in a Global Context” chaired by Patrick Kirkham, Head of Land Reform, Scottish Government
Bio: Penelope Anthias is Associate Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. Her research examines struggles over land, indigeneity and resource extraction based on ethnographic research in Bolivia’s Chaco region. She is the author of a prize-winning book on Indigenous land claims and has made two documentary films.

The 2025 Scotland’s Land Reform Futures International Symposium was hosted in Aberdeen, Scotland by the James Hutton Institute on 11th and 12th November, with funding from the Scottish Government. It provided a valuable overview of land tenure issues and land reform in the Global North.

Visit https://land-reform-futures.hutton.ac... for more information and https://land-reform-futures.hutton.ac... for a copy of the presentation slides

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