ExtrACTION & Environment TIG

February 1, 2020

ExtrACTION and Environment Gets Set For Albuquerque

Jeanne Simonelli. Official TIG scribbler

St. Patrick’s Day in Albuquerque?  You bet.  Please join members and interested colleagues for the ExtrACTION and Environment TIG’s contribution to the meetings.  SfAA has been including extraction related papers in its meeting line up since 2012, though the first successful ‘slick water” frac took place in the 1990s. We’ve had environment related papers for much longer, and it is our privilege to bring them to your attention each year.   With the exception of the Saturday sessions, all take place in Alvarado F, but check your program to be sure.    

Highlights: Anna Willow has organized a two part offering on ExtrACTION and Time.  Part I features presentations on temporalities and Part II is comprised of continuing narratives of extraction projects.  Bill Alexander provides a session on “The Future of Forever Chemicals? Citizen Participation and Rising Awareness of PFAS and Related Contamination in a Time of Deregulation." Ricahrd Bargielski's two-part session on "More-Than-Human Approaches to Environmental Learning" will be a smorgasbord of discussion. Robert Winthop's Roundtable on "Occasional Victories: Are There Successful Interventions Over Energy and Resources?" promises to be lively and controversial.  Finally, Elisabeth Moolenaar has organized a special Friday session bringing together members and others from PESO and the Risk and Disaster TIG: Sharing Ideas & Joining Forces: Connections, intersections, and collaborations among Extraction & Environment, Risk & Disaster, and PESO (Organizer:).  Our business meeting follows.

Why designate an interest group or area? The program committee receives hundreds of volunteered papers.  When they have an area attached, there is someone who takes special time putting them into sessions with related papers, creating a name for the session and appointing a chair. You can’t really tell which session was organized and which was volunteered.  It’s a great way to meet folks with similar interests, whether you are a student, practitioner, or academic.

As the current regime packs courts and agencies with like-minded appointees, we expect discussion of overturning guidelines, states’ rights in California and New York and much more. We anticipate discussion from our Australian members concerning the ongoing fires and disasters of climate change.

Tuesday, March 17 (New Mexico Day)

10-11:50     Extraction in the Mineral Age in the U.S. Southwest (Organizer: Thomas DuPree)  

1:30-3:20     Protecting Native Waters (Organizer: David Groenfeldt)  Note: This wasn’t listed as E&E, but it fits very well with our TIG’s focus

Wednesday, March 18

8-9:50     Bridging Displacement through Sanctuaries on Land and Water: A Session in Honor of Robert E. Rhoades pt 1 (Organizer: Milan Shrestha)

10-11:50      Bridging Displacement through Sanctuaries on Land and Water: A Session in Honor of Robert E. Rhoades pt 2 (Organizer: Milan Shrestha)

12-1:20  Open Discussion: Can Household Solar Technologies Help Us Achieve Energy Justice? (Organizer: Diane Austin)

1:30-3:20     Methods for Environmental Research: Networks, Communities, and Collaborations (TIG organized)

3:30-5:20     The Future of Forever Chemicals? Citizen Participation and Rising Awareness of Toxic Contamination in a Time of Deregulation (Organizer: William Alexander)

5:30-7:20     Aquatic Anthropologies: New Perspectives on Water in Cultural Life (TIG organized)

Thursday, March 19

8-9:50   ExtrACTION and Time I: Temporalities (Organizer: Anna Willow)

10-11:50         ExtrACTION and Time II: Narratives (Organizer: Anna Willow)

1:30-3:20     More-Than-Human Approaches to Environmental Learning, Part I: More-Than-Human Approaches to Risk (Organizer: Richard Bargielski)

3:30-5:20     More-Than-Human Approaches to Environmental Learning, Part II: Imagining More-Than-Human Futures (Organizer: Richard Bargielski)

Friday, March 20

8-9:50     Environment, Citizenship, and Survival in Latin America (TIG organized)

10-11:50      Toxic Citizenship (Organizer: James McDonald)

12-1:20      Occasional Victories: Are There Successful Interventions Over Energy and Resources? (Organizer: Robert Winthrop)  PANEL-NO PAPERS

1:30-3:20     Natural Resources in the Age of Citizenship (Organizer: Kate Sullivan)

3:30-5:20        Sharing Ideas & Joining Forces: Connections, intersections, and collaborations among Extraction & Environment, Risk & Disaster, and PESO (Organizer: Elisabeth Moolenaar)

5:30-7:20     ExtrACTION & Environment TIG Business Meeting

Saturday, March 21

8-9:50     Representing Diversity and Minority Voices Throughout Our National Parks: Some Examples from the NPS Cultural Anthropology Program, Part I (Organizer: Mark Calamia)

10-11:50   Representing Diversity and Minority Voices Throughout Our National Parks: Some Examples from the NPS Cultural Anthropology Program, Part 2 (Organizer: Mark Calamia)

8-9:50 Citizen Science and Science for Citizens: Using Anthropology to Promote Sustainability and Quality of Life

10-11:50    New Research on Water, Energy, and Power