Climate Change and Pastoral Nomads: Feedback Loops in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 13
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“Coal, War, and Peace in Twentieth-Century Europe”
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier outlines the history one of the most crucial energy source of twentieth-century Europe in this article. “Coal returned to center stage again and again. In both world wars, coal provided the material basis for the atrocities committed and was of decisive importance in the subsequent search for lasting peace.”
Transforming Socio-Natures in Turkey: Landscapes, State and Environmental Movements
This book is an exploration of the environmental makings and contested historical trajectories of environmental change in Turkey.
Women and Energy in the Ruhr Area of West Germany, 1950s–1980s
Dolata brings to light how the conflicts faced by women has shaped their agency in energy transitions.
Women and Energy
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This volume of Perspectives offers a collection of largely untold stories that demonstrate women’s agency in energy transitions.
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"Itineraries of Conflict in Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades"
Alok Amatya studies the depiction of indigenous struggles against the grab of minerals, crude oil, and other natural resources by private and government corporations in works such as Arundhati Roy’s travel essay Walking with the Comrades (2010). He suggests that narratives of conflict over the extraction of natural resources can be studied as the corpus of “resource conflict literature,” thus generating a global comparative framework for the study of contemporary indigenous struggles.
Hatmaker, Susie, "On Mattering: A Coal Ash Flood and the Limits of Environmental Knowledge"
Susie Hatmaker investigates the largest flood of coal ash in United States history in 2008 as an event at once monumental and insignificant.
Who Generates Demand for Sustainable Energy Transitions? Geothermal Heating in Reykjavík
Odinn Melsted traces Reykjavík’s transition from coal to geothermal energy.
Domestic Storage Problems and Transitions: Coal in Nineteenth-Century America
Sean Patrick Adams explores coal storage and expansion in nineteenth-century America.
Energizing the Spaces of Everyday Life: Learning from the Past for a Sustainable Future
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This volume of Perspectives offers case studies of energy transitions within everyday environments over the last two centuries, from Europe to South Asia, to North and Latin America.
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