CFP: Petrocultures 2020 (Stavanger, Norway) - Panel: Jan 3; Paper: Jan 20, 2020

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Call for Papers (reminder)



Petrocultures 2020: Transformations
<https://petrocultures2020.wixsite.com/transformations>

Stavanger, Norway

August 26-29, 2020


*Deadlines* (full instructions below)

*3 January 2020: *Pre-Formed Panels, Workshops, or Roundtables

*20 January 2020*: Individual Papers


All submissions and inquiries can be sent to: [email protected]


- - -


*Confirmed keynotes:*



*Stephanie LeMenager*, Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English and
Environmental Studies, University of Oregon



*Cyril Obi*, Program Director for the African Peacebuilding Network (APN)
and the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program



*Michael Watts*, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Development Studies at
the University of California, Berkeley



*Gisa Weszkalnys*, Associate professor of Anthropology, London School of
Economics





*petrocultures2020*

We live in turbulent times, and the role of petroleum is at the heart of
global and local political debate. Indeed, a transition to a world without
oil as its primary source of fuel and energy is needed if we want to reach
the international climate targets, but the feasibility, realism and not
least timing is strongly debated. Oil will indeed come to an end, but
whether the closing date is set by emptied reservoirs, greener
alternatives, or political decisions, is still to be determined.
Recognizing that the =E2=80=9Cage of oil=E2=80=9D is being challenged,
petrocultures2020 invites
scholars and artists, journalists and activists, politicians and business
actors to critically engage in the debate and the alternatives. The
conference will be held at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum and a nearby
conference venue in Stavanger, the energy capital of Norway.



In petrocultures2020 we will host presentations, exhibits and conversations
regarding the transformations needed to influence the transition from our
current culture and dependency on oil. Looming over these discussions we
recognize the wealth and progress enabled by our exploitation and use of
oil. We acknowledge the technical and structural solutions developed and
renewable transitions initiated by parts of the petroleum industry. We also
observe the linkages that exist between the burning of fossil fuels, human
induced climate change and differing levels of socio-environmental
conflict. We thus emphasize oil=E2=80=99s dual role as the basis of prosper=
ity and
implication in environmental destruction and global conflict. Accepting
this we aim to create a forum for a constructive exchange about the way
green transition initiatives are narrated =E2=80=93 including the way oil i=
s
narrated in the past, present and future =E2=80=93 across social and politi=
cal
divides. It is also of interest to investigate how the petroleum industry
can/will be a part of this transition, and what consequences the transition
will have for the workers presently depending on the industry. Worker
participation in the industry has historically and may well also in the
future be a central aspect to reduce the inherent conflicts of a transition=
.

Under the banners of 5 thematic sections, petrocultures2020 seeks to
advance conversations about the multiple dimensions of oil. We do so,
recognizing that oil is not only as a source of energetic power, but of
political, economic and social power. It is in this light we question oil=
=E2=80=99s
significance and remaining power in an era of impending transformation.


*themes*
*oil:narratives.* From fairy tales to curses, from celebratory tales of
pioneers to dismal accounts of victims, oil has inspired contrasting
narratives around the world. These encompass origins, belonging, identity,
progress and development, for oil has been rendered in ways that matter to
not only oil companies and governments, but to most people on the planet.
It has helped found our world and continues to modulate it, establishing
not only the present of the people of the world, but also their past and
future. This section invites scholars to engage with oil as a catalyst for
narratives that have framed nations, corporations, groups and individuals.
We seek contributions that grapple with the forms that narratives take
around oil, that ponder how they shape history and the ways in which they
shape imaginaries of post-petroleum worlds.

*oil:nature.* Oil has served as the main catalyst for the 20th century=E2=
=80=99s
economic growth and exploitation of natural resources. Oil has re-defined
our relationship to and understanding of the nature-culture divide.
Extractive frontiers have continuously expanded, inspiring the recent
scientific proposal that we are now living in a new geological epoch in
which humans have left an indelible impact on the planet i.e. the
Anthropocene. In this section we invite papers and presentations that seek
to explore this symbolic proposal and the possibility of it signalling the
need for a profound change in human-nature relations. We wish to encourage
thought and discussion of its impacts on personal identity, and
ramifications for how we address pollution, social justice, public health
and rights to land, water streams and seascapes.

*oil:conflict.* Numerous historical and contemporary events =E2=80=93 from =
the
Chaco War to recent Saudi bombings in Yemen =E2=80=93 remind us that oil ha=
s been
and remains a catalyst of conflicts. International wars, civil war,
criminal violence and varying forms of socio-environmental contestation are
linked to control of oil production, indicating oil=E2=80=99s influence acr=
oss
scales and temporalities. We invite scholars to reopen and reframe
taken-for-granted assumptions about the resource curse, and to consider
anew the significance of oil in geopolitics, economic development and
alliances over extractive energy sources. We provide a space for scholars
who work on violent contexts and aim to attract analysts who focus on the
dynamics of militancy and alternative forms of socio-political and legal
action to question oil governance. While inviting papers that reveal the
inner workings of large-scale conflicts, we also anticipate papers that
unpack how social movements and community campaigns oppose, benefit and
tame oil production and exploration =E2=80=93 frequently in the face of rep=
ressive
prosecution and potential assassination.

*oil:work.* While scholarship on the petroleum industry is vast, research
on oil workers and their communities is rather limited. Yet, oil workers
are intrinsic to an understanding of oil cultures as well as the politics
of oil. Their history is as old and tortuous as the history of commodified
oil, hence this section invites papers that analyse the embedding of labour
histories of oil in wider global histories of labour. On the one hand, oil
workers are relatively few and difficult to organise, considering the
economic and technological intensity of the petroleum industry and the
physical infrastructure, on the other, oil workers and their organisations
have played important roles in democratic transitions and economic
struggles. Papers on all kinds of cultural and political expression of oil,
work and workers are welcome, as are those that tackle how oil workers
constitute themselves as groups and in trade unions, how their work
schedules influence their social lives, and how their trade interacts with
their situated social status. We open for discussions and exploration on
the role of workers in the petroleum industries in a green transition.

*oil:visions* invites all papers that plumb visions of the cultural and
historical transformations wrought by the oil industry, and interrogate
transformations away from oil based societies. These visions can be
artistic, critical or otherwise creative, and can refer to the past,
present, or future, including solarpunk and post-apocalyptic visions of
desirable futures. We welcome contributions that explore how literature,
film, the visual arts, and other narrative and aesthetic forms of
expression render visible phenomena around oil and the many
transformations that
exist in ontological kinship with it. Papers will draw out how the arts
visualize, channel and evoke concerns and enthusiasm about justice,
progress, technology, ecology, prosperity, scarcity, abundance and capital
in an age of transformation. Ingrained and reflected here is the vital
question of how visions of oil =E2=80=93 past, present and future =E2=80=93=
 shape the
politics of transformation in the present.

*Individual Papers:* Please submit a 400 word (max) abstract that
identifies the themes your paper responds to along with a 200 word (max)
bio by *20 January 2020*.

*Pre-Formed Panels, Workshops, or Roundtables:* Please submit a two page
panel description that identifies the themes the panel responds to as well
as the institution, research group, or network organizing the panel,
workshop, or roundtable by *15 December 2019*. Panels must also include 250
word abstracts and brief bios for the individual papers that comprise the
panel.

All submissions and inquiries can be sent to the organizers' email:
[email protected].



Please follow the conference website here
<https://petrocultures2020.wixsite.com/transformations> for more details
and updates.

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lor:rgb(35,31,32)">Stephanie LeMenager</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=
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rbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English and Environmental Studies, Un=
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,31,32)">Cyril Obi</span></b><sp=
an lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;co=
lor:rgb(35,31,32)">, Program Director for the African Peacebuilding Network=
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i,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">meritus of Geography and Development Stud=
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t face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><u><span class=3D"gmail-il">petrocultures2020<=
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0,0,0)"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(35,31=
,32)">We live in turbulent times, and the role of petroleum is at the heart=
 of global and local political debate. Indeed, a transition to a world with=
out oil as its primary source of fuel and energy is needed if we want to re=
ach the international climate targets, but the feasibility, realism and not=
 least timing is strongly debated. Oil will indeed come to an end, but whet=
her the closing date is set by emptied reservoirs, greener alternatives, or=
 political decisions, is still to be determined. Recognizing that the =E2=
=80=9Cage of oil=E2=80=9D is being challenged,=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il=
">petrocultures2020</span>=C2=A0invites scholars and artists, journalists a=
nd activists, politicians and business actors to critically engage in the d=
ebate and the alternatives. The conference will be held at the Norwegian Pe=
troleum Museum and a nearby conference venue in Stavanger, the energy capit=
al of Norway.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0cm 0cm 0.00=
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1,32)">In=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">petrocultures2020</span>=C2=A0we wi=
ll host presentations, exhibits and conversations regarding the=C2=A0<span =
class=3D"gmail-il">transformations</span>=C2=A0needed to influence the tran=
sition from our current culture and dependency on oil. Looming over these d=
iscussions we recognize the wealth and progress enabled by our exploitation=
 and use of oil. We acknowledge the technical and structural solutions deve=
loped and renewable transitions initiated by parts of the petroleum industr=
y. We also observe the linkages that exist between the burning of fossil fu=
els, human induced climate change and differing levels of socio-environment=
al conflict. We thus emphasize oil=E2=80=99s dual role as the basis of pros=
perity and implication in environmental destruction and global conflict. Ac=
cepting this we aim to create a forum for a constructive exchange about the=
 way green transition initiatives are narrated =E2=80=93 including the way =
oil is narrated in the past, present and future =E2=80=93 across social and=
 political divides. It is also of interest to investigate how the petroleum=
 industry can/will be a part of this transition, and what consequences the =
transition will have for the workers presently depending on the industry. W=
orker participation in the industry has historically and may well also in t=
he future be a central aspect to reduce the inherent conflicts of a transit=
ion.<br><br>Under the banners of 5 thematic sections,=C2=A0<span class=3D"g=
mail-il">petrocultures2020</span>=C2=A0seeks to advance conversations about=
 the multiple dimensions of oil. We do so, recognizing that oil is not only=
 as a source of energetic power, but of political, economic and social powe=
r. It is in this light we question oil=E2=80=99s significance and remaining=
 power in an era of impending transformation.<br><br><b><u>themes<br></u></=
b><br><b>oil:narratives.</b>=C2=A0From fairy tales to curses, from celebrat=
ory tales of pioneers to dismal accounts of victims, oil has inspired contr=
asting narratives around the world. These encompass origins, belonging, ide=
ntity, progress and development, for oil has been rendered in ways that mat=
ter to not only oil companies and governments, but to most people on the pl=
anet. It has helped found our world and continues to modulate it, establish=
ing not only the present of the people of the world, but also their past an=
d future. This section invites scholars to engage with oil as a catalyst fo=
r narratives that have framed nations, corporations, groups and individuals=
. We seek contributions that grapple with the forms that narratives take ar=
ound oil, that ponder how they shape history and the ways in which they sha=
pe imaginaries of post-petroleum worlds.<br><br><b>oil:nature.</b>=C2=A0Oil=
 has served as the main catalyst for the 20th century=E2=80=99s economic gr=
owth and exploitation of natural resources. Oil has re-defined our relation=
ship to and understanding of the nature-culture divide. Extractive frontier=
s have continuously expanded, inspiring the recent scientific proposal that=
 we are now living in a new geological epoch in which humans have left an i=
ndelible impact on the planet i.e. the Anthropocene. In this section we inv=
ite papers and presentations that seek to explore this symbolic proposal an=
d the possibility of it signalling the need for a profound change in human-=
nature relations. We wish to encourage thought and discussion of its impact=
s on personal identity, and ramifications for how we address pollution, soc=
ial justice, public health and rights to land, water streams and seascapes.=
<br>=C2=A0<br><b>oil:conflict.</b>=C2=A0Numerous historical and contemporar=
y events =E2=80=93 from the Chaco War to recent Saudi bombings in Yemen =E2=
=80=93 remind us that oil has been and remains a catalyst of conflicts. Int=
ernational wars, civil war, criminal violence and varying forms of socio-en=
vironmental contestation are linked to control of oil production, indicatin=
g oil=E2=80=99s influence across scales and temporalities. We invite schola=
rs to reopen and reframe taken-for-granted assumptions about the resource c=
urse, and to consider anew the significance of oil in geopolitics, economic=
 development and alliances over extractive energy sources. We provide a spa=
ce for scholars who work on violent contexts and aim to attract analysts wh=
o focus on the dynamics of militancy and alternative forms of socio-politic=
al and legal action to question oil governance. While inviting papers that =
reveal the inner workings of large-scale conflicts, we also anticipate pape=
rs that unpack how social movements and community campaigns oppose, benefit=
 and tame oil production and exploration =E2=80=93 frequently in the face o=
f repressive prosecution and potential assassination.<br><br><b>oil:work.</=
b>=C2=A0While scholarship on the petroleum industry is vast, research on oi=
l workers and their communities is rather limited. Yet, oil workers are int=
rinsic to an understanding of oil cultures as well as the politics of oil. =
Their history is as old and tortuous as the history of commodified oil, hen=
ce this section invites papers that analyse the embedding of labour histori=
es of oil in wider global histories of labour. On the one hand, oil workers=
 are relatively few and difficult to organise, considering the economic and=
 technological intensity of the petroleum industry and the physical infrast=
ructure, on the other, oil workers and their organisations have played impo=
rtant roles in democratic transitions and economic struggles. Papers on all=
 kinds of cultural and political expression of oil, work and workers are we=
lcome, as are those that tackle how oil workers constitute themselves as gr=
oups and in trade unions, how their work schedules influence their social l=
ives, and how their trade interacts with their situated social status. We o=
pen for discussions and exploration on the role of workers in the petroleum=
 industries in a green transition.<br><br><b>oil:visions</b>=C2=A0invites a=
ll papers that plumb visions of the cultural and historical=C2=A0<span clas=
s=3D"gmail-il">transformations</span>=C2=A0wrought by the oil industry, and=
 interrogate=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">transformations</span>=C2=A0away=
 from oil based societies. These visions can be artistic, critical or other=
wise creative, and can refer to the past, present, or future, including sol=
arpunk and post-apocalyptic visions of desirable futures. We welcome contri=
butions that explore how literature, film, the visual arts, and other narra=
tive and aesthetic forms of expression render visible phenomena around oil =
and the many=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-il">transformations</span>=C2=A0that=
 exist in ontological kinship with it. Papers will draw out how the arts vi=
sualize, channel and evoke concerns and enthusiasm about justice, progress,=
 technology, ecology, prosperity, scarcity, abundance and capital in an age=
 of transformation. Ingrained and reflected here is the vital question of h=
ow visions of oil =E2=80=93 past, present and future =E2=80=93 shape the po=
litics of transformation in the present.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times Ne=
w Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(35,31,32)">Individual Papers:</span></u><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(35,31,32)">=C2=A0Ple=
ase submit a 400 word (max) abstract that identifies the themes your paper =
responds to along with a 200 word (max) bio by=C2=A0<b>20 January 2020</b>.=
<br><br><u>Pre-Formed Panels, Workshops, or Roundtables:</u>=C2=A0Please su=
bmit a two page panel description that identifies the themes the panel resp=
onds to as well as the institution, research group, or network organizing t=
he panel, workshop, or roundtable by=C2=A0<b>15 December 2019</b>. Panels m=
ust also include 250 word abstracts and brief bios for the individual paper=
s that comprise the panel.<br><br>All submissions and inquiries can be sent=
 to the organizers&#39; email:=C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:petrocultures2020@gma=
il.com" target=3D"_blank"><span class=3D"gmail-il">petrocultures2020</span>=
@gmail.com</a>.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0cm 0cm 0.=
0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color=
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or:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rg=
b(35,31,32)">Please follow the conference website=C2=A0</span><span lang=3D=
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ze:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(16,129,247)"><span lang=3D"EN-US">h=
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tica;color:rgb(35,31,32)">=C2=A0for more details and updates.</span></p></d=
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