Through presentations, workshops and site visits, the seminar will critically examine the concepts of extractivism and ecological controversies from a variety of perspectives, addressing the complex interactions that occur at multiple scales and species, encompassing both human and more-than-human communities. The seminar is open to research contributions using different methodologies (such as ethnography, cartographic experimentation, co-creative method, etc.) to understand how human/more-than-human collectives engage with extractivism and ecological controversies.

The programme includes

• On 26 June: Two discussion tables entitled ‘Action research on material extractivism and ecological controversies’ and ‘Mapping material extractivism and soil ecosystems’.

• 27 June: A table entitled ‘Contested futures of (post)extractivist territories and new forms of (non-material) extractivism’.

• 30 June: A visit to Charleroi ‘A walk through (post)extractivist territories’.

• On 1 July: the final table entitled ‘Extractivism of critical materials and transitional energy’, and a workshop on mapping extractivism.

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