Call for Papers: Dossier on Extractivism for 4.2 (Fall 2026)
This dossier seeks to further illuminate this moment in the history of global extractivism. It is motivated by the following questions: what can aesthetic form tell us about the profound transformations of extractivist practices that took place during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914)? How did genres and media such as the novel or photography enable, interrupt, or otherwise engage in the practices of extraction that were deployed in the Global South during this transformative period? What was the role of (post)colonial national bourgeoisies (Fanon) and other elite groups in the developmentalist debates that shaped markets and the public sphere? How did subaltern subjects respond from below to these novel efforts of dispossession and ecological threats?
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