New Books Network Episode on EarthmovingEarthmoving: Extractivism, War, and Visuality in Northern Kurdistan

20 February 2026

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A New Books Network episode has been published about Prof. Dr. Eray Çaylı's new book Earthmoving.

"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."

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