Arianna Tozzi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arianna Tozzi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arianna |
| FAMILY NAME | Tozzi |
| SIGNATURE | TOZZI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Manchester, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7639-0178 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Ambiguous Ecologies of Agri-Alternatives: Exploring the Calculus of Social Reproduction in Rural India
This paper advances scholarship on agri-alternatives by probing the gap between romanticised narratives of how alternative farming transitions ought to be and the actual practices farmers enact in their fields. Focusing on moments when such alternatives encounter on-the-ground realities, we propose ambiguous ecologies as a lens to explore the various elements shaping farmers' decisions and their complex dynamics. Centering social reproduction, we…
Creative interdisciplinary geographies in practice: Stitching sphagnum moss
How might we get to know moss on more intimate terms? This paper outlines a creative stitching workshop as a method for facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and for encouraging slowly paced, tactile ways of noticing and getting to know plants - in this case, sphagnum mosses. We reflect on MossWorlds , a project bringing together artists and academics from a variety of disciplines in the social and physical sciences and humanities. Via a s…
Reimagining the governance of water from the ground up: On the 'worlding-practices' of grassroots movements building alternative 'water worlds
This paper speaks to the uneven scholarly attention gone into tracing dominant forms of water governance as opposed to practices crafting alternative human-water relations on the ground. Through the case of an Indian-based network mobilising to transform how we understand rainfed regions as rain-dependent socio-ecologies, I theorise their action 'with care', a commitment to think-with grassroots movements as actors capable of bringing new worlds …
Colonizing the rains: Disentangling more-than-human technopolitics of drought protection in the archive
Preoccupations for the widening gap between irrigated and rainfed areas are central to debates addressing the agrarian crisis in semi-arid India. Yet policies are driven by a catch-up mentality that points towards an irrigated model of agriculture, demarcating rainfed areas as spaces of rural marginality. To unpack the historical causes behind this ‘irrigation at all costs’ mindset, the paper traces how the rainfed/irrigated gap became constitute…
An approach to pluralizing socionatural resilience through assemblages
Resilience provides a forward-looking framework to understand human–environment relations. Yet, adopted through a system-modelling approach in coupled social-ecological systems, it often reinforces a functionalist vision of the world as an interconnected whole, unable to engage with the multiplicity of people’s practices navigating change. I argue for sustained engagement with resilience and propose a socionatural approach to overcome its system-…
Reimagining climate-informed development: From "matters of fact" to "matters of care
This paper is concerned with the impasse climate-informed development practices currently find themselves in. This is represented by the fact that while "solutions" to reduce vulnerabilities and enhance capacities for adaptation and resilience are increasingly adopted around the world, we have enough evidence to suggest that strategies adopted "from above" have been unable to engender transformations towards more just and liveable futures. Situat…
Using hugs, carrots and sticks: How agents exercise power in the transition to community-owned energy systems in remote India
An approach to pluralizing socionatural resilience through assemblages
Resilience provides a forward-looking framework to understand human–environment relations. Yet, adopted through a system-modelling approach in coupled social-ecological systems, it often reinforces a functionalist vision of the world as an interconnected whole, unable to engage with the multiplicity of people’s practices navigating change. I argue for sustained engagement with resilience and propose a socionatural approach to overcome its system-…
Colonizing the rains: Disentangling more-than-human technopolitics of drought protection in the archive
Preoccupations for the widening gap between irrigated and rainfed areas are central to debates addressing the agrarian crisis in semi-arid India. Yet policies are driven by a catch-up mentality that points towards an irrigated model of agriculture, demarcating rainfed areas as spaces of rural marginality. To unpack the historical causes behind this ‘irrigation at all costs’ mindset, the paper traces how the rainfed/irrigated gap became constitute…
Reimagining climate-informed development: From "matters of fact" to "matters of care
This paper is concerned with the impasse climate-informed development practices currently find themselves in. This is represented by the fact that while "solutions" to reduce vulnerabilities and enhance capacities for adaptation and resilience are increasingly adopted around the world, we have enough evidence to suggest that strategies adopted "from above" have been unable to engender transformations towards more just and liveable futures. Situat…
Reimagining the governance of water from the ground up: On the 'worlding-practices' of grassroots movements building alternative 'water worlds
This paper speaks to the uneven scholarly attention gone into tracing dominant forms of water governance as opposed to practices crafting alternative human-water relations on the ground. Through the case of an Indian-based network mobilising to transform how we understand rainfed regions as rain-dependent socio-ecologies, I theorise their action 'with care', a commitment to think-with grassroots movements as actors capable of bringing new worlds …
Using hugs, carrots and sticks: How agents exercise power in the transition to community-owned energy systems in remote India
Using hugs, carrots and sticks: How agents exercise power in the transition to community-owned energy systems in remote India
An approach to pluralizing socionatural resilience through assemblages
Resilience provides a forward-looking framework to understand human–environment relations. Yet, adopted through a system-modelling approach in coupled social-ecological systems, it often reinforces a functionalist vision of the world as an interconnected whole, unable to engage with the multiplicity of people’s practices navigating change. I argue for sustained engagement with resilience and propose a socionatural approach to overcome its system-…
Reimagining climate-informed development: From "matters of fact" to "matters of care
This paper is concerned with the impasse climate-informed development practices currently find themselves in. This is represented by the fact that while "solutions" to reduce vulnerabilities and enhance capacities for adaptation and resilience are increasingly adopted around the world, we have enough evidence to suggest that strategies adopted "from above" have been unable to engender transformations towards more just and liveable futures. Situat…
Colonizing the rains: Disentangling more-than-human technopolitics of drought protection in the archive
Preoccupations for the widening gap between irrigated and rainfed areas are central to debates addressing the agrarian crisis in semi-arid India. Yet policies are driven by a catch-up mentality that points towards an irrigated model of agriculture, demarcating rainfed areas as spaces of rural marginality. To unpack the historical causes behind this ‘irrigation at all costs’ mindset, the paper traces how the rainfed/irrigated gap became constitute…
Reimagining the governance of water from the ground up: On the 'worlding-practices' of grassroots movements building alternative 'water worlds
This paper speaks to the uneven scholarly attention gone into tracing dominant forms of water governance as opposed to practices crafting alternative human-water relations on the ground. Through the case of an Indian-based network mobilising to transform how we understand rainfed regions as rain-dependent socio-ecologies, I theorise their action 'with care', a commitment to think-with grassroots movements as actors capable of bringing new worlds …
The Ambiguous Ecologies of Agri-Alternatives: Exploring the Calculus of Social Reproduction in Rural India
This paper advances scholarship on agri-alternatives by probing the gap between romanticised narratives of how alternative farming transitions ought to be and the actual practices farmers enact in their fields. Focusing on moments when such alternatives encounter on-the-ground realities, we propose ambiguous ecologies as a lens to explore the various elements shaping farmers' decisions and their complex dynamics. Centering social reproduction, we…
Creative interdisciplinary geographies in practice: Stitching sphagnum moss
How might we get to know moss on more intimate terms? This paper outlines a creative stitching workshop as a method for facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and for encouraging slowly paced, tactile ways of noticing and getting to know plants - in this case, sphagnum mosses. We reflect on MossWorlds , a project bringing together artists and academics from a variety of disciplines in the social and physical sciences and humanities. Via a s…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Agrarian society (2 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works)