Public Engagement

On this page, you’ll find examples of how I connect my work with the broader public, including media interviews, public events, and op-ed articles in major news outlets.

Op-Ed Articles

Rocha, N., & Anthias, P. (2023). Límites a la descolonización. La Razón.
Anthias, P. (2016). Indigenous autonomy in the age of extraction. NACLA Report on the Americas.

Media Interviews

Graham, T. (2024). Power to the people? Bolivia’s hunt for gas targets national parks – and divides communities. The Guardian.
Escobar, A. (2023). La mirada oblicua de Penelope. El País.
Taylor, L. (2019). Land Struggles: From Bolivia to Britain. Thinking Allowed on BBC Radio 4. Show description: Dr. Penelope Anthias highlights the struggles of indigenous Bolivians to reclaim ancestral lands after a century of dispossession.

Public Outreach

Book Outreach in Bolivia

Alongside the publication of the Spanish language edition of my book Limits to Decoloniazation (as Límites a la descolonización), I held several jointly coordinated events in Bolivia to discuss the context and implications of this work. Learn more about this book and download Spanish language version for free on my books page. You can also see samples of images and videos from the book tour in Bolivia here.

Book presentation in Bolivia

Talk on Extractivism and Resistance in Tarija, Bolivia

I gave a talk at Café Biocultural in Tarija, Bolivia, discussing extractivism and its impact. The event sparked a lively debate with local participants on resistance movements and their role in shaping the region’s future. For additional pictures, visit here.

Talk on Extractivism and Resistance at Café Biocultural, Tarija City, Bolivia

Policy engagement

“Decolonising territory through land reform? Lessons from Bolivia’s Native Community Lands”. Presented online at the International Symposium on Scotland Land Reform Futures in Aberdeen, 11 Nov 2025

Film Screenings

Jun 2025 Urukurenda screened at CVAC Symposium Visuality and Extraction, Durham University.
May 2025 Urukurenda screened at Cambridge Centre for Latin American Studies
Aug 2025 Urukurenda screened at ERC Urban Frontiers retreat, Møn, Denmark
Nov 2025 Don’t Touch Tariquía and Urukurenda screened at International Symposium on Scotland Land Reform Futures in Aberdeen.

Legal activism

In Nov 2024 my documentary Don’t Touch Tariquía was presented as legal evidence in a Popular Action in defence of community members from the Tariquía Reserve who had been criminalised for their participation in blockades preventing the entry of oil companies. The documentary evidenced their motivation as “environmental defenders”, a category protected under the Escazú Agreement.
In Jun 2025 my documentary Urukurenda was presented as legal evidence in a case brought by Urukurenda’s community leader against the departmental government of Tarija for denying their legal personhood as an Indigenous community.