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).
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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.
»The Steel Giant« and »The Colossus of Santa Úrsula«: urban extractive megaproyects for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Lecture series Futbol en tiempo extra San Luis Potosí – 2025
Invited paper at the lecture series Futbol en tiempo extra. Reflexiones desde las ciencias sociales rumbo al Mundial 2026 organized by Mónica de la Vega Carregha (UASLP, UCSLP) and Yolanda Camacho Zapata (AHESLP).
Time: 11 am.
Date: 19th November 2025
Location: Historical Archive of the State San Luis Potosí and online
For inscription mail to: direccion.ahslp[at]gmail.com