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What is petroculture?

Stephanie LeMenager, environmental humanities scholar

The products and by-products of petroleum can be found throughout our societies, in objects we encounter every day, the byways and highways we navigate between home and work or school, even in our own bodies. Environmental humanities scholar Stephanie LeMenager elaborates the concept of petroculture.

Bifrost gratefully acknowledges the leadership of the Sigtuna Foundation and the research network NIES for all their valuable support and work behind the scenes that helped make the interview excerpted in this video possible. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Sigtunastiftelsen, where the interview was filmed.

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Environmental humanities scholar Stephanie LeMenager discusses different ways in which culture in its various forms is at risk in the present era of accelerated climate change.

What is petroculture?

The products and by-products of petroleum can be found throughout our societies, in objects we encounter every day, the byways and highways we navigate between home and work or school, even in our own bodies. Environmental humanities scholar Stephanie LeMenager elaborates the concept of petroculture.

Credit: Hartman, Steven, Peter Norrman, Anders Birgersson and Stephanie LeMenager. What Is Petroculture? Originally published in bifrostonline.org, 30 November 2017 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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