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Levi Gahman

Professor Levi Gahman
PhD (Interdisciplinary); MA (Dist); BA (Hons); BSc (summa cum laude); FHEA

About

I started my career in the Caribbean and Central America with a focus on critical development studies, (post)colonial geographies, and gender inequality. I now work with grassroots movements and frontline organisers who are defending land, dignity, and self-determination amidst structural violence, environmental conflict, and empire's enduring aftermaths.

I strive to ensure that research is relevant to marginalised communities who are pursuing autonomy "from below" and integrated notions of health and wellbeing. We are committed to advancing social transformation and enacting alternative futures through co-designed participatory methods, creative arts, shared authorship, and non-commercial open access.

I continue to write about the nexus of race, masculinity, settler colonialism, gun culture, and deaths of despair. I have also been a human rights observer, freelance reporter, and solidarity volunteer in conflict-affected regions from Chiapas to Palestine, where my work has been featured in The Conversation, Al Jazeera, Truthout, Mondoweiss, Red Pepper, and The Electronic Intifada.

Co-Editor: Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements

Co-Producer: The Crucible of Modernity (with Surviving Society)

Co-Director: The Reflection And Dialogue Teach-in Symposium