Petrocultures 2018 keynote in Glasgow

There’s a fantastic line up for Petrocultures 2018 in Glasgow, including my energetic colleagues and collaborators from Cultures of Energy, Rice University, Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe. Call for papers closes on 2 February.

Petrocultures is motivated by the core notion that the humanities and social sciences have significant input to add to both knowledge of oil and energy and the irrevocable process of transformation. This is the first Petrocultures conference to be held outside North America. Scotland is an excellent location from which to contemplate the petrocultural and beyond. The country’s relationship with its offshore oil industry offers a rich backdrop for examining all the contradictions and controversies, opportunities and challenges oil has presented to modern petroculture and the world-ecological condition it has fostered.

I’ll be talking about my work on energy futures with Orkney, of course, but with something new to add…

Petrocultures 2018: Transitions

University of Glasgow, 29 August – 1 September 2018

Listen to the keynote, recorded by Just Powers…