This event has been canceled by the organizers due to the University of California healthcare, research, and technical employees' three-day strike, which will begin on February 26. We will let you know if this workshop is rescheduled at a future date.
Over the last two decades, the rise of "nonconventional" fossil-fuel extraction has wildly transformed local landscapes within the North American hinterland, the Earth's climatic system, and the political-economic balance between northern and southern nations. This workshop is devoted to the critical discussion of two works in progress that aim to theorize the ongoing revolution in non-conventional fossil fuels.
Troy Vettese and Cameron Hu will discuss their respective papers on the tar sands and fracking, with Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton as discussant. They draw, variously, upon fieldwork, historical and anthropological methods, and lineages of Marxist and postcolonial thought.
Papers will be pre-circulated to registered participants by February 21. Effective participation in the workshop depends upon the papers being read closely beforehand.