Episode 62: Carbon Democracy and Canadian History

Download Audio

Subscribe

At the 2018 annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in Regina, a panel of scholars in the emerging field of energy history spoke about Timothy Mitchell’s 2011 book, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil and considered its applicability to Canadian history. They debated Mitchell’s ideas and sketched out new ways of thinking about Canadian history through the lens of energy.

This episode of the podcast features that panel.

Guests:

Heather Green

Hereward Longley

Joshua MacFadyen

Dan Macfarlane

Andrew Watson

Works Cited:

Mitchell, Timothy. Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil. London: Verso, 2011.

Music Credits:

Magikstudio, “Acoustic Day”

Osian Records, “Tropical Pop”

Photo Credit:

Oil Well, Fort Norman, 1927. Source: Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.) / Library and Archives Canada / PA-045145.

Citation:

Kheraj, Sean. “Episode 62: Carbon Democracy and Canadian History” Nature’s Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast. 27 September 2018.

The following two tabs change content below.

• Bio
• Latest Posts

Sean Kheraj

Associate Professor at York University, Department of History

Sean Kheraj is the director of the Network in Canadian History and Environment. He's an associate professor in the Department of History and associate dean of programs at York University. His research and teaching focuses on environmental and Canadian history. He is also the host and producer of Nature's Past, NiCHE's audio podcast series and he blogs at http://seankheraj.com.

Latest posts by Sean Kheraj (see all)

• Nature’s Past Episode 66: Communicating Toxic Legacies - October 16, 2019
• Nature’s Past Episode 65: 3rd World Congress of Environmental History - August 15, 2019
• How to Build the World’s Largest Oil Pipeline System - July 18, 2019
• Nature’s Past Episode 64: Environment and Alibi - May 22, 2019
• From Field Trip to Walking Tour: Animals in the City - April 30, 2019
• What Role Should History Play in Canadian Oil Pipeline Politics? - April 16, 2019
• Building Environmental History Networks Around the World - April 12, 2019
• I’m Not Going to Ohio: How I Will Participate in ASEH 2019 - April 11, 2019
• More: Energy History and Energy Futures - April 10, 2019
• Nature’s Past Episode 63: Unbuilt Environments - March 25, 2019