Extractivism,  as  an  organising  concept  of  our  times,  turns  on  appropriation,  non-reciprocity,  depletion,  and  subjugation.  Its  ideology  and practices  are  entwined  with  the  histories  and  legacies  of  colonialism  and  imperialism,  as  well  as  the  entrenched  operations  and  politics  of capitalism  across  time  and  space.  Extractivism  has  produced  a  racialised  global  political  economy,  characterised  by  the  removal  of  raw materials  from  the  Global  South  for  processing  and  consumption  in  the  Global  North,  reproducing  relations  of  dependency,  unequal development  and  uneven  accumulation.  An  understanding  of  increasingly  intense  struggles  between  states,  transnational  corporations  and local communities over land and place demands an understanding of the dynamics that have shaped the global extractivist economy.

This  workshop  brings  together  established  and  emerging  scholars  to  explore  the  relationship  between  law  and  extractivism  in  the Anthropocene,  a  moment  of  reckoning  for  human  hubris  and  epistemological  hegemony.  Taking  the  dominant  definition  of  extractivism  as our  point  of  departure,  which  affirms  a  non-reciprocal  and  hierarchised  relation  between  life  and  nonlife,  human  and  nonhuman,  we  invite presentations on the following themes: