Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology – University of Newcastle (Australia)
Research fields : Legal anthropology/Environmental anthropology/Natural Resources and Land Rights/Protest movements/Western Sahara
Languages : English
Randi Irwin is a Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research sits at the intersections of legal and environmental anthropology to examine how Sahrawis have challenged dispossession and mobilized social movements aimed at bringing about a referendum in Western Sahara. Her publications include: “Selling the future state: making property for Sahrawi sovereignty in Western Sahara” in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, “Contested Language in the making and unmaking of Western Sahara’s extractive economy” in the London Review of International Law, “Terrains of legality and sovereignty: adjudicating the ownership of Western Sahara’s phosphate in South Africa” in the Journal of North African Studies, and more.
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