Name: AI Extractivism: Global Systems, Local Processes
Start: 2026-09-05T12:00:00-0500
End: 2026-09-05T13:30:00-0500

AI Extractivism: Global Systems, Local Processes

Saturday September 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT

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From colonial cattle economies to gold, critical minerals, and data centers, this session presents AI as an evolving extractive regime of global capitalism that reorganizes governance frameworks. It examines how system logics within emerging geopolitical structures translate into local politics and collective responses, exploring possibilities for transnational resistance and solidarity.

Speakers

Shiera S. al-Malik

Shiera S. el-Malik is Professor of International Studies at DePaul University in Chicago. She teaches and writes on themes of coloniality, politics, and theory. Her research is guided by an interest in the intersection of politics of knowledge and lived experience, particularly in... Read More →

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Marta Cook

Marta Cook is a researcher, writer, and widely recognized as one of the foremost harpists in Irish traditional music. Her article Subjects of Tradition: Cultural Construction and Irish Comprador Capitalism appeared in Irish Studies Review Volume 32, 2024. Her work on cultural extractivism... Read More →

Fawn E. Pochel

Saturday September 5, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
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Science and Tech

Socialism 2026

Shiera S. al-Malik

V'cenza Cirefice

Marta Cook

Fawn E. Pochel

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Socialism 2026

Shiera S. al-Malik

V'cenza Cirefice

Marta Cook

Fawn E. Pochel

Attendees (15)

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