ASLE Spotlight 2026, Episode 1: Decolonizing Environments
This episode was recorded on January 23, 2026
Co-hosts: Lisa Fink, Sarah Wald
FEATURED GUESTS/WORKS:David J. Vazquez, Decolonial Environmentalisms: Climate Justice and Speculative Futurity in Latinx Cultural Production
Decolonial Environmentalisms argues that the mainstream environmental movement is implicated in racial capitalism, not least through its ignorance of environmental justice as it pertains to Latinx people. Through close readings of eco-minded novels, films, visual art, and short stories by Chicanx, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban American, Peruvian, and Central American culture makers, the book surfaces diverse Latinx visions ...