Announcement, Event
New After Oil 3 Podcast Series: Volatile Trajectories
Members of the Petrocultures Research Group recently gathered to form After Oil 3 (AOS 3), a new After Oil project dedicated to experimenting with ways of creating…
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Energy Humanities
Launched in 2020, Energy Humanities is an online hub for new ideas about energy, politics, and culture. The site features commentary on current events, book notices, original…
Petrocultures 2022: Transformations
The biennial Petrocultures conference, twice postponed due to COVID-19, took place August 24-27, 2022 in Stavanger, Norway. Click here for the final conference program. Keynote speakers: Thursday,…
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Announcement, Book
New Book! Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures
Petrocultures Research Group members Danine Farquharson and Fiona Polack have just published a cutting edge edited collection, Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures. In this post, Danine…
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