Extractivism Viewed from the South: Comparative Perspectives in Film and Literature
This workshop proposes to examine the ways in which extractivism is represented in film, poetry, orality and literary fiction from the Global South. By exploring perspectives on extractivism from Angola, Brazil, the Caribbean, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Nigeria and South Africa, we seek to highlight the connections between coloniality and environmental destruction while grounding our reflection in the material realities of the Global South.

10.30am – 12.30pm: Panel 1 – Rhizomatic Genealogies of Resistance to Extractivism
1.30pm – 3.30pm: Panel 2 – Topographies of Extractivism and Precarious Lives
3.45pm – 5.45pm: Panel 3 – Extractive Zones, Extractive Matters
6pm – 6.30pm: Film Screening Yaku Warmikuna (2021), 28 mins

All details here: www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/extractivism-viewed-from-the-south-comparative-perspectives-in-film-and-literature

Online registration closes 15 minutes before the start of the event. You will be sent the joining link within 24 hours of the event, on the day and once again 10 minutes before the event starts. The event is free, but registration required (sandwich lunch comes with registration).

For any queries, please contact alexandra.grieve@sjc.ox.ac.uk and dorothee.boulanger@humanities.ox.ac.uk
Date: 19 June 2025, 10:30
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Online and in person, Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities Building
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organiser contact email address: alexandra.grieve@sjc.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Dr Alexandra Grieve (St John's College), Dorothée Boulanger (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/extractivism-viewed-from-the-south-comparative-perspectives-in-film-and-literature
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Alexandra Grieve