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Energy Sovereignty, Energy Security, Energy Justice

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While scientists and engineers working towards more efficient modes of energy extraction, developing alternative energies, and mitigating the harms of fossil fuels draw the most headlines, the human side of the equation of equally important when discussing the past, present, and future of energy. Energy systems are inherently social systems, and the ways that people make sense of energy in their lives, what they interpret as insecurity, and what they perceive as injustice, is not always the same. Energy Security, Energy Sovereignty, Energy Justice brings together a multidisciplinary group of scholars to explore key questions, including: how are humans implicated in exploitation and energy transition? Who wins and who loses when we exploit new energy sources? Is the change involved in energy transition simply a matter of developing better technologies, or do we also need a change in thinking, one which draws upon history, literature, philosophy and the arts? In this collection, energy scholars from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences as well as artists engage in transdisciplinary dialogue as they share their research and insights into the meanings of energy in our lives, both past and present. This collection provides a valuable, interdisciplinary perspective that broadens and enriches core conversations about energy and human life.
Petra Dolata is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary. Jim Ellis is a Professor of English and director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary. Noreen Humble is Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary and associate director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities.
Introduction 1 Balancing Acts: Justice, Transition, and Renewables in Alberta's Energy Landscape Anna Bettini Response by Lori Thorlakson 2 Orphan Well Adoption Agency Alana Bartol Response by James Ellis 3 Climate Justice for Whom? A Deep Energy Literacy Analysis of Alberta's Vision for a Nuclear Future Sheena Wilson Response by Anna Bettini 4 Manifestations of Energy, Empire, and Colonialism in The Fairie Queene, Book II Jon Rozhon Response by Petra Dolata 5 The Democratic Deficits of Energy Transition: The Case for a Vibrant and Multi-Modal Energy Democracy Lori Thorlakson Response by Jon Rozhon 6 The Many Lives of Energy Security Petra Dolata Response by Sheena Wilson Afterword Steven Bryant Contributors
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