Resource extraction impacts our daily lives and has helped push the climate to the brink, but there are people around the world living and fighting for alternative ways forward. Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov and their guests on the last Friday of each month for a discussion of the impacts of extractivisms, alternative ways forward, and stories from people living the struggle every day. If you are someone interested in how our environment and societies have come to their current state or learning about different ways we can move forward, this is the podcast for you.
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Resource extraction impacts our daily lives and has helped push the climate to the brink, but there are people around the world living and fighting for alternative ways forward. Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov and their guests on the last Friday of each month for a discussion of the impacts of extractivisms, alternative ways forward, and stories from people living the struggle every day. If you are someone interested in how our environment and societies have come to their current state or learning about different ways we can move forward, this is the podcast for you.
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Recent Episodes
June 26, 2026
Jenni Viitala - Why is the Finnish government underwriting loans for mining in Ecuador?
<p>This month we were delighted to be joined by our colleague Jenni Viitala. Jenni did her PhD at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Helsinki and is currently working on a post-doc at Aalto University. In this episode, Jenni tells us about the work she undertook during her doctorate. This monograph explored how and where planetary metal supply chains connect and disconnect. In particular, Jenni looked at what happens in particular spaces of extraction, such as at the physical gold mining site in the Ecuadorian Amazon and where the mined gold is refined in Finland. These two disparate places are intertwined in surprising ways through the workings of the global supply chain and the production of gold. She unpacks how the sites of extraction and refining are co-dependent. These types of connect are underexplored in academic research. Jenni gives us insight into both of the places themselves and their connections and where there is potential for disconnect as well. Join us for this interesting dive into two unique sites involved in global extractivism. </p><p>Read Jenni’s monograph, Tracing gold : An ethnography across a planetary supply chain, here: <a href="http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-1264-9"><u>http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-84-1264-9</u></a></p><p>Check out Jenni’s research profile here: <a href="https://www.nodus.aalto.fi/nodusians/jenni-viitala"><u>https://www.nodus.aalto.fi/nodusians/jenni-viitala</u></a>. </p>
May 29, 2026
María Soledad Paz - How many hundreds of liters of water does it take to produce 1 kg of avocados?!
<p>This month we are delighted to be joined by our colleague from Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, María Soledad Paz. Her research looks at the interplay of water and avocado plantations in central Chile. Currently, water is being diverted from rivers to feed the avocados which has deleterious effects on the land and the community that is dependent on the land. Small holder farmers are no longer able to sustain their livelihoods and local production while on the next hill the avocado plantations are thriving because they take the water. This area is an area in Chile where agro-extractivism runs rampant as most of the agricultural produce is exported at the expense of the land and people in place. María introduces us to some of the deeper issues with what is happening where avocados are produced which are not always considered when avocados are being consumed in Europe. We explore this disconnection in depth. Join us for this wide ranging and interesting conversation!</p><p>Interested to check out María’s work? <a href="https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/mar%C3%ADa-soledad-paz/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/mar%C3%ADa-soledad-paz/</a> </p>
April 24, 2026
Stefan Millar – Are refugee camps states of exception or encamped states?
<p>This month we were delighted to be joined by a colleague from Social and Cultural Anthropology at University of Helsinki. Stefan Millar is a Social Anthropologist who specializes in the state, migration, colonialism, and infrastructures. Stefan is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care. Our conversation focused most directly on Stefan’s PhD research, which examined the role of the state in the context of Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. Stefan has focused on the state and infrastructures within the space of the refugee camp. Stefan gives us insight into his personal trajectory and how he got interested in the long durée implications of colonialism. In his current work in Kenya, he is looking at urban infrastructures that refugees create to mitigate the end of aid (US Aid and the withdrawal of European aid), especially in relation to food and water. Stefan is interested in how people navigate this context and what alternatives they develop to continue surviving under the conditions of redistribution of aid. On the theoretical side, we talked extensively about Stefan’s critique of Giorgio Agamben’s state of exception. Join us for this layered and exciting conversation!</p><p>Interested to learn more about Stefan’s work? <a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/people/people-finder/stefan-millar-9472907"><u>https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/people/people-finder/stefan-millar-9472907</u></a> </p><p>Want to read Stefan’s PhD dissertation? <a href="https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/files/254098602/1._EncampedStatesMillar.pdf"><u>https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/files/254098602/1._EncampedStatesMillar.pdf</u></a> </p><p>KANERE, Kakuma based journalism:<a href="https://kanere.org/about-kakuma-refugee-camp/"><u>https://kanere.org/about-kakuma-refugee-camp/</u></a></p><p>KRIN, network for Kakuma based refugee-led organizations:<a href="https://reframe.network/rlo/kakuma-kalobeyei-refugee-led-initiatives-kkrin"><u>https://reframe.network/rlo/kakuma-kalobeyei-refugee-led-initiatives-kkrin</u></a></p>
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