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Levi Gahman

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

Publications

Selected publications

  1. Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas (Book - 2022)
  2. Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland (Book - 2020)
  3. Alienation Flows through the Barrel of a Gun: Despair, Mass Shootings, and Suicide in an American Settler Colony (Journal article - 2024)
  4. Sowing Seeds of Change, Empire be Damned: Paying Homage to Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and International Peasant Struggle (Internet publication - 2023)
  5. Feminist Development Justice as Emancipatory Praxis: Recognising the Knowledge of Social Movements "From Below" (Journal article - 2024)
  6. Environmental defenders and social movements: The violent realities of resisting extractivism (Chapter - 2023)
  7. Land, Race, and (Slow) Violence: Indigenous Resistance to Racial Capitalism and the Coloniality of Development in the Caribbean (Journal article - 2022)
  8. Contra plantation, prison, and capitalist annihilation: collective struggle, social reproduction, and the co-creation of lifegiving worlds (Journal article - 2020)
  9. Development Justice, a Proposal: Reckoning with Disaster, Catastrophe, and Climate Change in the Caribbean (Journal article - 2020)
  10. Border Imperialism, Racial Capitalism, Geographies of Deracination (Journal article - 2019)
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2024

“There Will Be a Time…”: Confronting the Colonial-Health-Climate Crisis through Participatory Action Research by and for Youth

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2024). “There Will Be a Time…”: Confronting the Colonial-Health-Climate Crisis through Participatory Action Research by and for Youth. Retrieved from https://www.isrf.org/

Report

Feminist Development Justice as Emancipatory Praxis: Recognising the Knowledge of Social Movements "From Below"

Mohamed, N., Chattopadhyay, S., & Gahman, L. (2024). Feminist Development Justice as Emancipatory Praxis. Meridians, 23(2), 306-331. doi:10.1215/15366936-11266444

DOI
10.1215/15366936-11266444
Journal article

Caribbean Street Vending Experiences: Guyanese Migrant Women in Trinidad and Tobago

Collins, T., & Gahman, L. (n.d.). Caribbean street vending experiences: Guyanese migrant women in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-18. doi:10.1080/1369183x.2024.2395391

DOI
10.1080/1369183X.2024.2395391
Journal article

The Crucible of Modernity: Struggles for Land, Life, and Liberation in the Caribbean (Surviving Society Productions - Podcast Series)

Gahman, L., Reyes, J. -R., Greenidge, A., Lewis, C. J., & Ofori-Addo, G. A. (2024). The Crucible of Modernity: Struggles for Land, Life, and Liberation in the Caribbean (Surviving Society Productions - Podcast Series). Retrieved from https://survivingsociety.co.uk/

Media

Toward Grassroots Autonomy and Research "Accompliceship": Building Solidarity with the Maya Struggle of Southern Belize

Gahman, L., Penados, F., Smith, S. -J., & Mattu, C. (n.d.). Toward Grassroots Autonomy and Research"Accompliceship": Building Solidarity with the Maya Struggle of Southern Belize. In M. York, & M. Sitrin (Eds.), Deep Commons: Cultivating Ecologies of Solidarityand Care Beyond Capitalism, Anthroparchy, Patriarchy, Racism, and the State. SUNY (State University of New York) Press.

Chapter

Imperialism

Mallick, A., & Gahman, L. (2024). Imperialism. In The Encyclopedia of Human Geography (pp. 1-7). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-25900-5_314-1

DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-25900-5_314-1
Chapter

Constructing Worlds Otherwise by Raúl Zibechi, Translation by George Ygarza Quispe

Gahman, L. (2024). Constructing Worlds Otherwise by Raúl Zibechi, Translation by George Ygarza Quispe. NACLA Report on the Americas, 56(3), 347-350. doi:10.1080/10714839.2024.2388392

DOI
10.1080/10714839.2024.2388392
Book Review

2023

Hidden Histories: Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool (Surviving Society Productions - Podcast Series)

Smith, S. J., Lewis, C. J., Ofori-Addo, G. A., & Gahman, L. (2023). Hidden Histories: Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool (Surviving Society Productions - Podcast Series). Retrieved from https://survivingsociety.co.uk/portfolio/hidden-histories/

Media

Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World By Subcomandante Marcos, Translation by The Lightning Collective

Gahman, L. (2024). Zapatista Stories for Dreaming An-Other World By Subcomandante Marcos, Translation by The Lightning Collective. Canadian Geographies / Géographies Canadiennes. doi:10.1111/cag.12918

DOI
10.1111/cag.12918
Book Review

Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize (Special Issue: Afterlives of Empire)

Kus, R., Gahman, L., Greenidge, A., Penados, F., & Smith, S. J. (n.d.). Snapshots of Maya Self-determination in Southern Belize (Special Issue: Afterlives of Empire). NACLA Report on the Americas, 55(3), 294-304. doi:10.1080/10714839.2023.2247761

DOI
10.1080/10714839.2023.2247761
Journal article

Sowing Seeds of Change, Empire be Damned: Paying Homage to Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and International Peasant Struggle

Gahman, L., & Reyes, J. -R. (2023). Sowing Seeds of Change, Empire be Damned: Paying Homage to Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and International Peasant Struggle. Verso. Retrieved from https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/sowing-seeds-of-change-empire-be-damned

Internet publication

Gender, Environmental Conflict, and Direct Action: The Pivotal Role of Women in Struggles for Land and Life

McGrane, C., Mohamed, N., & Gahman, L. (n.d.). Gender, Environmental Conflict, and Direct Action: The Pivotal Role of Women in Struggles for Land and Life. In The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Springer Nature: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_16-1

DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_16-1
Chapter

2022

Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas

Gahman, L., Smith, S. -J., Penados, F., Mohamed, N., Reyes, J. -R., & Mohamed, A. (2022). Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas. Bristol University Press.

Book

Bad Faith and Betrayal in Belize: Maya Governance Attacked and Disavowed in the Name of "Development"

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2022). Bad Faith and Betrayal in Belize: Maya Governance Attacked and Disavowed in the Name of "Development". ROAR (Reflections On A Revolution) Online Journal. Retrieved from https://roarmag.org/essays/belize-maya-land-struggle/

Internet publication

2021

"The Future We Dream:" Unsettling Impact and Knowledge Production as We Know It

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2021). "The Future We Dream:" Unsettling Impact and Knowledge Production as We Know It. Transforming Society: An Online Publication of Bristol University Press. Retrieved from https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/

Internet publication

From “Caliban” to “Cockroaches”: The Construction of Profane Space, Wretched Others, and Political Agency in a Postcolonial “Ghetto”

Reyes, J. -R., & Gahman, L. (2021). From “Caliban” to “Cockroaches”: The Construction of Profane Space, Wretched Others, and Political Agency in a Postcolonial “Ghetto”. In N. Gibson (Ed.), Fanon Today: The Revolt and Reason of the Wretched of the Earth. Daraja Press.

Chapter

Joy Against the (Colonial) Machine, Building Better Futures

Miss, S., Kus, R., Penados, F., & Gahman, L. (2021). Joy Against the (Colonial) Machine, Building Better Futures. Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 33(1), 140-148. doi:10.1080/10402659.2021.1956147

DOI
10.1080/10402659.2021.1956147
Journal article

Maya Communities Respond to Land Predation and Violations of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Belize

Gahman, L., Penados, F., & Smith, S. -J. (2021). Maya Communities Respond to Land Predation and Violations of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Belize. NACLA: North American Congress on Latin America. Retrieved from https://nacla.org/news/2020/12/13/maya-land-fpic-belize

Internet publication

“I Keep’em Around Just in Case”: Understanding Gun Ownership in the U.S. from an Intersectional Perspective

Gahman, L. (2021). “I Keep’em Around Just in Case”: Understanding Gun Ownership in the U.S. from an Intersectional Perspective. In C. H. Harris, & S. M. McClure (Eds.), Getting Real About Inequality.. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications..

Chapter

2020

Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland

Gahman, L. (2020). Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland. ZED Books (ZED Scholar). Retrieved from https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/land-god-and-guns/forthcoming/

Book

Conjunctural Insurrections: Persistent Coloniality, Profane Space, and Purported Impact in the Caribbean

Gahman, L., & Reyes, J. -R. (2020). Conjunctural Insurrections: Persistent Coloniality, Profane Space, and Purported Impact in the Caribbean. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography. Retrieved from https://antipodeonline.org/

Internet publication

Violence in the Time of COVID: Dispatches on State Violence and Police Brutality from the Caribbean

Gahman, L., & Reyes, J. -R. (2020). Violence in the Time of COVID: Dispatches on State Violence and Police Brutality from the Caribbean. Discover Society: Social Research Publications. Retrieved from https://archive.discoversociety.org/

Internet publication

Dear Geography, Fail Better. Why Climate and Disaster Studies must take Colonialism and Race Seriously

Gahman, L., & Thongs, G. (2020). Dear Geography, Fail Better. Why Climate and Disaster Studies must take Colonialism and Race Seriously. Geography Directions: Royal Geographical Society with IBG. Retrieved from https://blog.geographydirections.com/

Internet publication

2019

Border Imperialism, Racial Capitalism, Geographies of Deracination

Gahman, L., & Hjalmarson, E. (2019). Border imperialism, racial capitalism, and geographies of deracination. ACME, 18(1), 107-129.

Journal article

Activist Geographies (International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd Edition)

Gahman, L., Reyes, J. -R., Miller, T., Gibbings, R., Cohen, A., Greenidge, A., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2020). Activist Geographies. In International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (pp. 23-31). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-102295-5.10798-x

DOI
10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10798-X
Chapter

2018

Special Issue: Border Imperialism

Gahman, L. (Ed.) (2018). Special Issue: Border Imperialism (Vol. 18). ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies. Retrieved from https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/issue/view/112

Edited special journal issue

Special Issue: Ecosocialist Pedagogies

Chattopadhyay, S., Gahman, L., & Watson, J. (Eds.) (2018). Special Issue: Ecosocialist Pedagogies (Vol. 30). Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2019.1587241

Edited special journal issue

Gender, Neoliberalism, and Embodiment: A Social Geography of Rural, Working-Class Masculinity in Southeast Kansas

Gahman, L. (2018). Gender, Neoliberalism, and Embodiment: A Social Geography of Rural, Working-Class Masculinity in Southeast Kansas. In Masculinity, Labour, and Neoliberalism (pp. 243-264). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63172-1_11

DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-63172-1_11
Chapter

2017

Towards a Politics of Accountability: Caribbean Feminisms, Indigenous Geographies, Common Struggles

Gahman, L., & Hosein, G. (2017). Towards a Politics of Accountability: Caribbean Feminisms, Indigenous Geographies, Common Struggles. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography. Retrieved from https://antipodeonline.org/201516-recipients-2/iwa-1516-gahman/

Internet publication

Building ‘A World Where Many Worlds Fit’: An (Anti-Capitalist) Moral Economy of the (Rebel) Peasant

Gahman, L. (2017). Building ‘A World Where Many Worlds Fit’: An (Anti-Capitalist) Moral Economy of the (Rebel) Peasant. In J. Duncan, & M. Bailey (Eds.), Sustainable Food Futures: Multidisciplinary Solutions (pp. 235-264). Abingdon: Routledge.

Chapter

In the Caribbean, Colonialism and Inequality Mean Hurricanes Hit Harder

Gahman, L., & Thongs, G. (2017). In the Caribbean, Colonialism and Inequality Mean Hurricanes Hit Harder. The Conversation: An Independent Source of Analysis and Informed Comment. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/

Internet publication

2016

Dismantling Neoliberal Education: A Lesson in Dignity and Non-hierarchical Education from the Zapatistas

Gahman, L. (2016). Dismantling Neoliberal Education: A Lesson in Dignity and Non-hierarchical Education from the Zapatistas. ROAR (Reflections On A Revolution) Online Journal. Retrieved from https://roarmag.org/essays/neoliberal-education-zapatista-pedagogy/

Internet publication

2015

Death of a Zapatista: Neoliberalism's Assault on Indigenous Autonomy

Gahman, L. (2015). Death of a Zapatista: Neoliberalism's Assault on Indigenous Autonomy. Americas Program: Action and Communication for Social Change. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/

Internet publication

Locked Arms and Open Hearts: Students from the Okanagan Valley Send Solidarity to Ayotzinapa

Gahman, L. (2015). Locked Arms and Open Hearts: Students from the Okanagan Valley Send Solidarity to Ayotzinapa. Briarpatch Magazine: Analysis from a Grassroots Perspective. Retrieved from https://briarpatchmagazine.com/

Internet publication

Neoliberalism, Masculinities and Academic Knowledge Production: Towards a Theory of "Academic Masculinities"

Gahman, L., Berg, L., & Nunn, N. (2015). Neoliberalism, Masculinities and Academic Knowledge Production: Towards a Theory of "Academic Masculinities". In A. Gorman-Murray, & P. Hopkins (Eds.), Masculinities and Place. (pp. 57-74). Abingdon: Routledge.

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