The extractivist imperative directed at lithium is exerting ever more pressure over livelihoods, knowledges and territories. As communities in northern Portugal resist the prevailing modality of the energy transition and its violent implications, new geo-social formations are erupting to contest its logics of abstraction through an alternative lexicon of possession, governmentality and kin.
Tiago Patatas
Tiago Patatas is a spatial practitioner and researcher whose work supports environmental struggles and examines their articulation with spatial politics. His recent inquiries address modalities of green extractivism, in particular the irruption of lithium mining frontiers, as well as nuclear imperialism and its destructive global expanses. Individual and collaborative projects were presented at the Nieuwe Instituut, Galeria Municipal do Porto, and Helsinki Biennial, among other forums. Tiago holds a MA in Research Architecture with distinction from Goldsmiths, University of London and is currently a doctoral student in Architecture at the Royal College of Art. He is based between London and Porto.