Humanities Perspectives on Energy Transition: Justice, Geographies, Literacies, Imaginaries | Symposium on Nov 13

HUMANITIES PERSPECTIVES ON ENERGY TRANSITION: 
JUSTICE, GEOGRAPHIES, LITERACIES, IMAGINARIES

Energy is more than the diesel in our cars, the electricity in our refrigerators, the lithium in our batteries. Energy shapes how we interact with the world. Its technologies, politics and materialities are deeply embedded in our histories, geographies, aesthetics, emotions, and visions of the good life. Energy systems are also cultural systems. In times of global heating, accelerated resource extraction, and environmental injustice, the task of transitioning towards more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable energy futures pertains to all aspects of cultural and scientific practice, and requires the perspectives and expertise of a wide variety of fields. This symposium will foreground the crucial role of the humanities and social sciences in engaging the complexities of energy transition and the legacies of petromodernity. 

With contributors from the Czech Republic, Poland, the UK, and Germany, we will introduce critical perspectives and methods on energy justice, energy literacy, energy geographies, situated transitions, and post-fossil imaginaries. JOIN US!

This event is hosted by the Chair of North American Literature and Future Studies in collaboration with the EUTOPIA Connected Community in Environmental Humanities and the TUDiSC project Transformative Placemaking for Uncertain Futures. The event will be in person and live-streamed via Zoom. Organizers: Anja Lind & Moritz Ingwersen. 

DATE & TIME
November 13, 2024, 17:00-20:30 (CET)

LOCATION (Hybrid)
ReframeSpace, Wilsdruffer Str. 16, 01067 Dresden
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PROGRAM
17:00-18:00 Keynote Lecture
“The Perpetual Problem: Renewable Energy Imaginaries”
--Graeme Macdonald (Warwick University)

18:30-20:30 Roundtable
“Why We Need to Dig Deep and to Map Broadly: Introducing the Atlas of Petromodernity”
--Alexander Klose (University of Halle) & Benjamin Steininger (TU Berlin/MPI of Geoanthropology, Jena)

“Engendered Energy Transition: Justice, Citizenship and Future Challenges”
--Katarzyna Iwińska (Collegium Civitas University, Warsaw)

“Crafting/Tracing Diffractive Energy Literacies – For Sol(id)arity”
--Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer (Charles University, Prague)

This event is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony under the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.