Saturday, October 4
Registration
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Decolonizing Energy: A Live Podcast Discussion
9:15 – 10:30 AM
Join four leading scholars from the energy humanities for a live podcast recording about decolonial frameworks for thinking about energy, culture, and justice. We will discuss the long history of decolonial movements as ways of thinking about energy and culture, and we will consider the stakes of studying energy from the Global South in the face of an accelerating climate crisis.
Moderator: Trish Kahle
Elizabeth DeLoughrey
Jennifer Wenzel
Gökçe Günel
Hannah Appel
Break
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Thinking Energy from the Ground Up: Methodologies from Critical Social Research
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
How do we do research for energy justice? How do we give more space to what emerges from the cracks of unjust energy systems? Thinking of energy as a social relation, what methodologies would allow for the articulation of plural understandings, priorities and imaginaries. The session will present case studies of methodological innovations and grounded energy research from Lebanon, Tunisia and Bahrain, exploring approaches based on collective ethnography and citizen assemblies as ways of creating space to think of alternative energy futures. It will also engage attendees in reflecting on and discussing what energy justice means.
Lunch
12:15 – 1:30 PM
Keynote | Residues and Residuals
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Maker Pascale Marthine Tayou in conversation with Bahaaeldin Abudaya
Break
3:00 – 3:15 PM
Museum of Carbon Ruins
3:15 – 4:45 PM
The Museum of Carbon Ruins has put on exhibitions around the world that imagine a future where a transition to post-fossil society has already happened. By focusing on recognizable objects, the project bridges the gap between the daily lives of humans and the abstract impacts of climate change. Join project lead Graeme MacDonald in an immersive presentation that will transport you to the 2050s and the future of energy culture here in Doha.
Break
4:45 – 5:00 PM
Landscapes in Motion Art Tour
5:00 – 5:45 PM
Sign up for a guided tour of Landscapes in Motion, a curated exhibit exploring the cultural, political, and ecological legacies of extraction.
Artists:
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Sophia Al-Maria
Natascha de Vasconcellos Otoya
Selected Artworks from the ARAK Collection
Break
5:45 – 6:00 PM
Narrating African Energies
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Novelist Imbolo Mbue in conversation with Kamila Shamsie
Introduction by Victoria Googasian
Closing Remarks
7:30 – 7:45 PM
Reception & Book Signing with Imbolo Mbue
7:45 – 8:30 PM