Call for papers: Edited volume on migrant labour resistance and struggles in agriculture in an era of polycrisis
The proposed volume focuses on migrant farmworker resistances in the last five years of the polycrisis. It seeks contributions that examine the roots and forms, evolution and role, consequences and prospects of solidarities, alliance building, and resistances against the exploitation, control, and precarization of racialized migrant labour.
The volume’s larger goal is to provide a platform for dialogue among academics, activists, artists, migrant workers and indigenous populations on practices of resistance and self-advocacy to reclaim labour rights and propose alternatives to agricultural racial capitalism.
Call for Chapter Submissions
With the edited volume’s aim to provide critical insights, diverse perspectives, and creative approaches about migrant farmworker resistance, we invite scholars, researchers, writers, and creative artists to contribute original works, empirically grounded studies, and theoretical essays to the volume. We encourage non-traditional scholarly contributions that include creative performing arts, expressions of resistance such as poetry, short stories, photo essays, or participatory creative research methods such as photovoice.
Submission process and deadlines
If you are interested in contributing, please submit an abstract of 500 words, a 200-word biographical note with current affiliation and email address, and an updated CV (all as Word docs) by 30 September 2025.
Please include “migrant agricultural workers resistance CfA” submission in the subject line. The abstract should state the research question addressed in the proposed article, outline the theoretical framework, and state the article’s main argument.
Please email the abstract and all queries to Eriselda Shkopi (eriselda.shkopi@unive.it), Reena Kukreja (reena.kukreja@queensu.ca), and Fabio Perocco (fabio.perocco@unive.it).
For more information, see the attached CfP: CfA migrant labour resistance in an era of polycrisis