To mark the closing of the exhibition When The Future Was About Fracking, we present an evening exploring energy production through different artistic media. The event takes place at the Centrespace Gallery on Wednesday 18 May at 5-7pm.
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Successful Preview
Lots of people came to the Preview for the art installation When The Future Was About Fracking. There was a great atmosphere, excited conversations and applaud for the successful collaboration.
Art exhibition preview
Please join us at the Preview of When The Future Was About Fracking on Thursday 21 April from 5.30-7.30pm.
When The Future Was About Fracking
Mette M. High has been awarded a grant from Creative Scotland to bring the Paris-based artist group HeHe’s installation When The Future Was About Fracking to the Centrespace Gallery, Dundee Contemporary Arts.
Conference publications
The conference was a great success. There were so many great and thought-provoking papers, discussions and conversations. The conference papers will be published as journal special issues. More information will follow.
Registration is now CLOSED
If interested in attending, please contact the conference organisers.
Energy Attitudes and Literacy in Europe and Beyond: Implications for Energy Policymakers and Practitioners
Benjamin Sovacool This presentation investigates how a mix of energy-users from 11 countries perceives energy and environmental issues such as the affordability of electricity and gasoline, the seriousness of climate change, and preferences for different energy systems. The purpose, in part, is to discuss the relationship between consumer perceptions of energy challenges, adoption of renewable […]
On the Banality of Wilful Blindness
Judith Bovensiepen Notions of corporate and social responsibility are often evoked to appease critics– especially in the petroleum industry. This has led to cynical representations of the energy industry as immoral and to important criticisms of the very notion of “ethical capitalism”. By focusing on the planning and implementation of a large-scale petroleum infrastructure project […]
Energy Justice and Off-Grid Energy Systems: Exploring the injustices for the off-grid citizen
Darren McCauley The aim of this paper is to explore the idea of ‘energy injustice’ when unconnected to a national grid. Mini- and off-grid energy systems have emerged in developed world contexts as solutions to variable energy demand. They have, on the other hand, a long existence in developing world contexts where grid infrastructure is […]
Towards a New Energy Ethics: Reflections from the US oil and gas industry
Mette High At a time when the global consumption of energy is rising at an astonishing rate, energy producers are relying on increasingly innovative ways of harvesting energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable resources. As a necessary but precious component for living, the energy that is produced, distributed and consumed raises fundamental questions about […]