Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0070942

Zusammenfassung

In recent decades, wealth inequality has risen considerably around the world. This can especially be observed in Latin America, a region whose post-colonial background manifests in structures of extreme inequality to the present day and where land ownership remains a crucial vector for the (re)production of wealth. This project aims to conceptualize the importance of land-concentration for the reproduction of wealth in a historical perspective by asking what role land has played in different epochs for the generation and maintenance of wealth in Latin America. The project focuses on the two mo...