ROUNDTABLE – RESEARCH FROM ENERGY IN SOCIETY

DePOT’s Deindustrialization and the Environment working group is pleased to host its second roundtable, Deindustrialization and Environment: Research from Energy In Society. This session brings together scholars from the Energy In Society working group at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, a DePOT partner institution. Based in the “energy province” of Alberta, these researchers from across a variety of disciplines (anthropology, history, communication studies, political science, geography, economics and creative writing) examine questions of deindustrialization and energy transition, degrowth and extractivism. Presentations will use examples and case studies from Alberta, Canada and the world to consider the role energy has played in deindustrialization processes and critically engage with the many ways (stories, political economy, propaganda etc.) people think about energy industrialization, deindustrialization and reindustrialization.

Presenters

Katelyn Anderson (University of Calgary, Communication, Medi and Film)

Anna Bettini (University of Calgary, History/Anthropology)

Petra Dolata (University of Calgary, History)

William Gillies (Calgary)

Lilia Garcia Manrique (University of Calgary, Earth, Energy, and Environment)

Jennifer McDougall (University of Calgary, English)

Mack Penner (University of Calgary, History/CanCO2Re)

Ana Alicia Watson Jimenez (University of Calgary, Political Science)