Minerals Online Roundtable III: ‘Extraction and Forms of Representation’
Online
Apr 7, 3:00 pm–4:30 pm
The third roundtable in our online series for 2024/25 seeks to explore the diverse forms of representation that emerge from and engage with extractivist activities and their underpinning ideologies. We invite speakers from various disciplines to consider forms broadly, including but not limited to novels, poetry, travel writing, memoirs, petitions, photographs, and picture postcards.
The aim is to foster a dialogue that transcends conventional definitions of genres and forms, to think about how extractivism can generate unique forms of representation, and how these forms, in turn, critically engage with the practices and ideologies of extractivism. Additionally, we aim to create a space where speakers and attendees can share the obstacles they have encountered when working with forms that pose linguistic, cultural, or methodological challenges, and to discuss how these challenges shape their interpretations and analyses.
Speakers:
- Dr Adelene Buckland, Department of English, King’s College London
- Dr Julia Ditter, Department of Literature, Art, and Media Studies, University of Konstanz
- Associate Professor Nathan K. Hensley, Department of English, Georgetown University
- Associate Professor Charlotte Rogers, Environmental Humanities, University of Virginia
