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
