Invited presentation at the first Environmental and Ecological Anthropology conference coordinated by Juan Manuel Cruz Inostrosa, Eliana Acosta Márquez and Clarissa Torreblanca Cortés at the ENAH Mexico City on November 12 and 13, 2025.
Sports megaprojects, extractivism and socio-environmental justice in Latin American cities
1st International Colloquium Extractivism(s) Mexico City – 2025
Invited presentation at the first international colloquium Extractivism(s): contours, scope and limits of a notion under debate coordinated by Delphine Prunier (IIS UNAM) and Monika Streule (Ibero CDMX).
Extractivism(s): contours, scope and limits of a notion under debate
Internacional Colloquium Mexico City – 2025
The colloquium analyzes the impact of the extractive production model on territories, places, and the daily lives of urban and rural communities. In the intersection of real estate financialization, forms of labor exploitation, and environmental degradation, we propose to interrogate the multiple effects of extractivism and explore the resistance strategies that communities implement to defend their rights and territories. We seek to foster a critical approach that encourages discussion around processes that can counteract the violent dynamics of colonial continuities we are experiencing and promote processes of social, environmental, and labor justice.
We seek to collectively deepen our reflection on the very contours of the definition of extractivism, as a broad concept that permeates the social sciences and activism. We suggest examining it from multiple perspectives: the alteration of territories due to urbanization driven by megaprojects for housing and urban infrastructure; mega sporting events; circuits of valoration and dept; the effects of global agriculture and monocultures in rural spaces; new forms of labor exploitation; and the multiple mechanisms of appropriation and dispossession – land, labor, knowledge, etc. – that impact the lives of rural populations, popular urban neighborhoods, and indigenous peoples of Latin American cities.
Organizers: Delphine Prunier (IIS-UNAM) and Monika Streule (DCSyP IBERO)
Date and time: October 27 – 28, 2025, 10:00-14:45
Place: Auditorio 2 of IIS-UNAM
OPEN CALL Possible Futures from the Catastrophic Present: Governance, Extractivism, and Racial Capitalism
Call for contributions to thematic dossier Iberoforum – 2025
Open call for contributions to the upcoming thematic dossier of the journal Iberoforum, titled: “Futuros posibles desde el presente catastrófico: Gobernanza, extractivismo y capitalismo racial.” / “Possible Futures from the Catastrophic Present: Governance, Extractivism, and Racial Capitalism.”
This special issue is co-edited by my colleague Eder Noda (Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán) and myself, Monika Streule (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México). We would like to invite you to submit your contributions – whether academic articles, essays, reviews, interviews, translations, or photographic essays – that engage with the questions outlined in the call and other related reflections.
We wellcome contributions in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
You can find the full call, including deadlines and editorial guidelines here.
We would greatly appreciate it if you could also circulate this call among colleagues, networks, or others who may be interested in the topic.