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SUMMARY:Perla Polanco (Manchester) "Oil Nationalism and the Coloniality o
 f Resource Extraction in Mexico" and Mauricio Rentería (Manchester) "Rac
 ialised Mobility Within Lima's Dominant Class"
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DESCRIPTION:This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Lat
 in American and Caribbean Studies.\n\nWed 11 November 2026\, 5pm (UK tim
 e). This event will be in person and online. You can follow it online he
 re: https://tinyurl.com/yzm5d7k2\n\nThis is the first in an experimental
  format for the seminar series\, in which two Latin Americanists at the 
 University of Manchester each present short papers of 30 minutes\, each 
 followed by a short Q&A.\n\nPerla Polanco's abstract: Drawing on postcol
 onial approaches to political economy\, this presentation examines oil n
 ationalism in Mexico as a response to historical patterns of colonial ex
 traction\, dependency\, and external domination. Rather than treating th
 e 1938 oil expropriation as a singular assertion of national sovereignty
 \, the paper situates it within broader struggles over the control of na
 tural resources and the legacies of coloniality in Latin America. Focusi
 ng on the evolving role of PEMEX\, it explores how nationalist discourse
 s have articulated claims to development\, self-determination\, and econ
 omic autonomy while remaining embedded within global capitalist structur
 es. The analysis highlights the tensions and contradictions of resource 
 sovereignty in a postcolonial context.\n\nMauricio Rentería's abstract: 
 Drawing on debates surrounding ‘whitening’ in Latin America\, my researc
 h examines the racialised imprints of social mobility within Lima’s domi
 nant class. In this presentation\, I discuss the concept of decolouring\
 , which refers to how Mestizo individuals distance themselves from racia
 lised and classed stigmatised positions without necessarily attaining a 
 symbolically higher racial status. I explore the racial and class underp
 innings of decolouring in Peru\, highlighting the enduring influence of 
 Mestizaje as an ideology\, narratives of ‘progress’\, and the persistenc
 e of colourism.\n\nPerla Polanco is Lecturer in Politics at the Universi
 ty of Manchester. \n\nMauricio Rentería graduated in 2025 with a PhD in 
 Sociology from the University of Manchester. He is currently based at th
 e Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science in Göttingen.\n 
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LOCATION:A202\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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