Author: Diana M. Valencia

Dr. Diana M. Valencia (she/ella) is an assistant executive editor for EHN. After receiving her PhD in History at the University of Exeter, she currently works as a Lecturer in the History of the Global South at the University of Aberystwyth. Her research focused on food security and food sovereignty in the Colombian peasant landscape, reviewing impacts on food culture and agroecosystems resulting from the practical resolution of Agrarian Reforms and counter-reforms. A Colombian herself, Diana is a multidisciplinary investigation, combining rural studies and food security theory with environmental history methods, aiming for practical impact and to inform food production debates. She makes the case for communities and their territories by giving voice to the peasantry as subject and agents of their own history.
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Territorios de rebelión en colombia

Este texto es el resultado de conectar los puntos entre mi investigación doctoral y eventos recientes ocurridos en Colombia, para evidenciar como la criminalización de campesinos y la presentación de sus actividades como si fueran el delito de “rebelión,” es parte de una larga historia de políticas anti-campesinado que buscan lograr la descampesinización de los territorios.