Book presentation at the Kinship, Abolition, Freedom conference in the US

11 October 2025

Photo: İz Öztat & Matt Avery

Prof. Dr. Eray Çaylı presented his newly published book at the Kinship, Abolition, Freedom conference held in Dartmouth College, US.

"Focuses on contemporary art and media to examine the role of visuals in environmental violence and war in Northern Kurdistan.

Extractivism—exploiting the earth for resources—has long driven racial capitalism and colonialism. And yet, how does extractivism operate in a world where ecological and humanitarian sensibilities are unprecedentedly widespread? Eray Çaylı argues it does so by mobilizing these sensibilities in new ways. Extractivism is no longer only about moving the earth—displacing peoples, fossils, minerals, and waters—but also leaving those who witness this violent displacement sentimentally moved."