New publication by Kristina Dietz and Astrid Ulloa: Contested Social, Political, and Environmental Transformations

In the face of the current polycrisis of the capitalist system, this book addresses the fundamental tension between market-oriented technological transitions and radical socio-environmental transformations. Through a multi-scalar and transdisciplinary perspective, the authors analyze how hegemonic proposals of “green extractivism” and “decarbonization” often perpetuate structural inequalities, colonial logics, and temporal violence in territories. The work highlights Indigenous feminist perspectives and struggles, as well as community processes in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina that challenge existing power relations. By examining political practices, aesthetics, and visions of the future, this volume proposes alternatives grounded in collective action and the defense of life, seeking to move toward deeper and more equitable horizons of social and environmental justice.

Ulloa, Astrid/Dietz, Kristina (2026): Contested social, political, and environmental transformations: practices, aesthetics, and imaginaries in Latin America. CLACSO, https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/bitstreams/b3be8da6-43e8-4dcc-8944-a6a9977c1c66/download (open access).