On Energy Humanities: Contributions from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts to understanding Energy Transition and Energy Impasse

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Szeman, Imre

• SSHRC Awarded Knowledge Synthesis grant 2015: The dominant form of energy of any given era shapes the characteristics and capacities of societies in an essential way; energy is a key aspect of the fabric of our social experience, and not just a neutral input that helps run the engines of our economies and societies. Given such social significance, what repercussions might follow a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy? The developing field of the “energy humanities”1 has begun to help us understand more fully the many types of cultural impasse—habits and practices of being, believing and belonging—that stand in the way of the forms of energy transition we will need to undertake this century as we move to a post-fossil fuel world. The aim of this SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Project “On the Energy Humanities” (OEH) is: (1) to engage in a survey and synthesis of current research in the humanities, social sciences, and arts on the socio-cultural and socio-political dimensions of energy impasse and energy transition; and (2) to identify gaps in existing knowledge, as well as areas in which additional, important work remains to be done.

• Date created

  2015-01-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Energy Humanities
  • Successful Grant
  • Knowledge Synthesis
  • Cultural Impasse
  • Canada
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Successful SSHRC
  • Energy Change
  • KS
  • SSHRC
  • Cultural Studies
  • Renewable Energy
  • Grant Application
  • Energy Impasse
  • Natural Resources
  • Aboriginal Communities
  • Climate Change
  • Social Media
  • Petrocultures
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Energy Transition
  • 21st Century
  • Canada

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3FB4WP7Z

• License

  © Szeman, Imre. All rights reserved other than by permission.