Colonial Lives of Property w/ Brenna Bhandar
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The Relationship Between Property Law and the State Capital Nexus
The author argues that property law is a primary means of realizing the colonial desire for the possession of land. She says it's more about the active force of settler violence that makes it a reality. What are the stakes of thinking about colonialism as a project advanced both through high politics in the law and also the raw violence of gun gun power and conquest? That's a really great question.
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