Politics, ecology, and the new anthropology of energy: exploring the emerging frontiers of hydraulic fracking

Willow, Anna J.; Wylie, Sara

doi:10.2458/v21i1.21134

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“…The course, titled '"Fracking" and the Policy Process', was offered at Oberlin College (Ohio, USA), in the fall semester 2014. In line with the failure of the deficit model to adequately account for attitudes and behaviours -and the importance of issues beyond scientific information to evaluation of UGD (e.g., ethical considerations and complex social attachments [see Cotton 2013;de Melo-Martín et al 2014;Evensen 2015a;Fry, Briggle, and Kincaid 2015;Perry 2012b;Willow and Wylie 2014]) -I expected even intensive information on this topic to have little effect on summary attitudes about UGD. I operationalised summary attitudes as support for or opposition to UGD.…”

Section: Shale Gas Development Public Perceptions and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘If they only knew what I know’: Attitude change from education about ‘fracking’

Evensen

2017

Environmental Practice

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Section: Shale Gas Development Public Perceptions and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘If they only knew what I know’: Attitude change from education about ‘fracking’

Evensen

2017

Environmental Practice

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“…Studies also note the intensity of community divisions that emerge (Jerolmack and Berman 2016;Perry 2012;Willow and Wylie 2014). Jerolmack and Berman (2016) argue that fracking is both uniquely intimate, and uniquely divisive, on two fronts.…”

Section: Frackingmentioning

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Evaluating the effects of living with contamination from the lens of trauma: a case study of fracking development in Alberta, Canada

Davidson

2017

Environmental Sociology

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Trauma, the experience of sudden, dangerous, overwhelming events that render victims powerless, is an apt description of many experiences with toxic contamination. Toxic contamination events nonetheless often have a number of characteristics in common that render such events unique forms of trauma, including the invisibility and ambiguity of threats, an association between the threat and sources of livelihood and identity and the absence of resources necessary for resolution and recovery. While environmental sociologists tend not to analyze toxic contamination from the lens of trauma, doing so may shed important insights into such events and their human and social consequences. The current study explores the toxic contamination experienced by local residents due to nearby hydraulic fracturing activities in rural communities in southern Alberta, a conservative, upper middle class agrarian region with strong links with the oil and gas industry. Residents describe acute impacts to their health, land, livestock and loved ones, but these traumas were then exacerbated by the failure of authorities to respond in a manner expected, and the corrosion of communities. Victims experienced complete upheaval in their beliefs, and for many their experiences with contamination and fears of future exposure have come to dominate their lives.

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“…The debate about CSG in Queensland occurs in the context of a particular neoliberalizing political economy that shares features, and is increasingly interconnected, with similar others around the world (Willow and Wylie 2014). Significant structural forces, and the beliefs and language(s) with which they are interconnected, are facilitating increasingly internationalized production (Harvey 2011 (Crossley 2006) where resource use struggles and debates play out, both directly and indirectly, particularly by promoting and rearticulating certain ways of thinking while marginalizing others (Couldry 2011:128).…”

Section: Neoliberalizing Political Economy Neoliberalizing Discoursementioning

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Silences in the boom: coal seam gas, neoliberalizing discourse, and the future of regional Australia

Mercer

Rijke

Dressler³

2014

Journal of Political Ecology

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In high-stakes resource use struggles currently playing out across the world, different beliefs about economics and "growth-first" regional development underpin decisions and dynamics that have far-reaching consequences. Neoliberalizing political economies rely on the maintenance of particular beliefs associated with these themes, and work to delegitimize and silence alternatives. Thus understanding the beliefs of actors concerning these themes, especially with respect to neoliberal ideas, is key to understanding these sociopolitical struggles. This article uses a combination of literature review, critical discourse analysis and selected fieldwork data to explore the recent debate about coal seam gas (CSG) in Eastern Australia. In particular, it examines the ideas that underlie texts produced by CSG production companies, the Queensland Government, and Lock the Gate (a key group opposed to rapid CSG industry expansion). The analysis indicates that with respect to the above themes, Lock the Gate expresses their opposition to CSG through perspectives that mostly depart from those with a key role in maintaining neoliberalizing political economies. In contrast, the Queensland government and CSG companies, despite each encompassing significant internal diversity, have expressed relatively similar and consistent positions, aligned with neoliberalizing ideas. The article problematizes descriptions of the state government as a neutral arbitrator that can restore balance between the beliefs of gas companies and groups like Lock the Gate, and advances consideration of deeper differences. Key Words: coal seam gas, neoliberalizing discourse, regional development, role of government, Queensland RésuméEn luttes «high-stakes» sur l'utilisation des ressources, des croyances différentes sur l'économie et le développement régional sous-tendent les décisions et les dynamiques qui ont de lourdes conséquences. L'économie politique néolibéral reposent sur le maintien de croyances particulières, et il travailler à délégitimer et silencer des alternatives. Ainsi la compréhension des croyances des acteurs sur ces thèmes, en particulier en ce qui concerne les idées néolibérales, est la clé de la compréhension de ces luttes sociopolitiques. Cet article utilise une combinaison de revue de la littérature, l'analyse critique du discours et des données de terrain sélectionnés à explorer le débat récent sur le gaz de couche de charbon (CSG) dans l'Est de l'Australie. En particulier, il examine les idées qui sous-tendent les textes produits par des sociétés de production CSG, le gouvernement du Queensland, et «Verrouiller la porte» (Lock the Gate) (un groupe clé dans opposition à l'expansion de CSG). L'analyse indique que par rapport aux thèmes ci-dessus, «Verrouiller la porte» exprime leur opposition à la CSG par les perspectives qui partent la plupart de ceux qui soutiennent néolibéral économies politiques. ResumenEn conflictos sobre el uso de recursos de alto riesgo, los cuales se está produciendo hoy en día en todo el mundo, diferen...

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Politics, ecology, and the new anthropology of energy: exploring the emerging frontiers of hydraulic fracking

Cited by 118 publications

References 47 publications

‘If they only knew what I know’: Attitude change from education about ‘fracking’

‘If they only knew what I know’: Attitude change from education about ‘fracking’

Evaluating the effects of living with contamination from the lens of trauma: a case study of fracking development in Alberta, Canada

Silences in the boom: coal seam gas, neoliberalizing discourse, and the future of regional Australia

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