This course critically examines how land structures political and economic power, fuels conflict, and inspires collective resistance. We investigate how land has supported systems of colonialism, state sovereignty, and capitalist expansion, and how it continues to be a site of dispossession, contestation, and life-affirming practices. The course will guide students through alternative ways of conceiving land that move beyond dominant regimes of ownership and control. These perspectives emphasize care, interdependence, and autonomy, and offer foundations for political resistance and collective action.
