Universität Bielefeld

The Second Conquest. Land, nature and inequality in Latin America (1860s-1910s)

Rhythms of Re-solidarization in the Face of Violence: Frictions of collectivity and land in Milpa Alta

The project analyzes the resistance to the new General Land Reorganization Program (PGOT) in the case of Milpa Alta, Mexico City.

Regionalising the Tropics: German geographers and the Knowledge Production on Agrarian Colonisation in Latin America in the mid-20th Century

Practices of Territorial Care. An affective analysis of peasant collective strategies in the context of coffee cultivation

The project analyzes the responses of different communities and local organizations in the global south to the challenging conditions created by crises, understanding their ways of life and collective struggles from an affective perspective.

Agro-industrial corporations at the limits of the transformation of land into capital in Latin America. Entangled economic histories in the 20th century

The project analyzes the mechanisms used by KWS Saat and Nestlé to dispose of land in Latin America and their symbolic and ecological implications.

“Gran Cacao and Coloniality in the Caribbean: Land-grabbing and Power of the Tovars in Post-Independence 19th Century Venezuela"

This research examines how the Tovar family—archetype of the mantuano oligarchy—reproduced power in post-independence 19th-century Venezuela through land-grabbing, productive diversification, strategic marital alliances, and their insertion into the international financial architecture that dominated foreign trade. The study articulates these dimensions with an analysis of internal conflict within their domains to trace the divergent trajectories of some of their former haciendas.