Glasgow Launch: Petrocultures

Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow, 3 Kelvin Way, Glasgow, Scotland
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Join the co-editors Sheena Wilson and Imre Szeman at the launch and wine reception for Petrocultures: Oil, Politics, Culture at the 2018 Petrocultures Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The event will be held in the Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre at University of Glasgow. Both editors will also be participating in various lectures/panel sessions throughout the conference, which runs from 29 August to 1 September, 2018. View the full programme.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Presenting a multifaceted analysis of the cultural, social, and political claims and assumptions that guide how we think and talk about oil, Petrocultures maps the complex and often contradictory ways in which oil has influenced the public's imagination around the world. This collection of essays shows that oil's vast network of social and historical narratives and the processes that enable its extraction are what characterize its importance, and that its circulation through this immense web of relations forms worldwide experiences and expectations. Contributors' essays investigate the discourses surrounding oil in contemporary culture while advancing and configuring new ways to discuss the cultural ecosystem that it has created.

"Offering a diverse collection of historical, geographical, and literary scholarship, Petrocultures expands the reach of the Energy Humanities and helps to solidify Canadian leadership in this interdisciplinary venture. The collection represents a major contribution to research on the cultural dimensions of the extractive economies of fossil fuel." Stephanie LeMenager, University of Oregon

"Today, oil is everywhere. Yet, we will have to start leaving more of it in the ground if we are going to do what is right for ourselves, our futures, and our environments. Petrocultures helps to make visible how oil has shaped our lives, economies, and cultures, and it also presents visions of alternatives that would transition us away from the burning of fossil fuels. It is an invaluable collection, and it is a welcome extension of the ongoing conversation about how to understand and reshape our energy cultures." Daniel Worden, Rochester Institute of Technology, coeditor of Oil Culture