Abby Spinak

So excited for this! Looking forward to a rich conversation on wildness, autonomy, and care in a changing world

Panic! at St Brieuc Bay

Re-sharing this 2019 roundtable: It's now been 4+ years since Rosselló planned for PREPA's privatization, and PR's prospects for anything resembling “Energy Democracy” remain withheld. @electricgeog @abbyspinak @canayozden @ColumbiaGSAPP power.buellcenter.columbia.edu/essays/public-…

1) @abbyspinak posed some excellent questions at #ASEH2022 about how we argue that Energy is a Human Right. In our panel on Energy Transitions with @sarahthestan and Josiah Rector we asked how people have decided to introduce or repeal energy infrastructures by accepting risks…

Here is a link to the full job ad: docs.google.com/document/d/1s5…

@HoranCaley @jeffmanuel I just taught this article today and think it’s fantastic: muse.jhu.edu/article/637926…

"Decolonization and Fossil Developmentalism: Energy, Climate, Extractivism and Empire/Nation in the Twentieth Century": don't miss the most keyword-optimizing event of the year, coming this Wednesday! Ft. @Megan_A_Black + On Barak. Very excited indeed... birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

Monday! Join @abbyspinak for "Electricity and Empowerment: Towards a More Critical Energy History" w/ @HarvardSTS harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

today #gsd_mdes_ecologies @abbyspinak presented on #energy + #empowerment we discussed energy in terms of #materialflows #infrastructure + #epistemology … #power + #powerrelations … within context of #ecologies + #atmospheres … #climate #thermodynamics #energy #biodiversity

@emilypawley These are more political / legal than straightforward energy history, but both @trishkahle's work on coal miners and Gabrielle E. Clarke's work on migrant labor programs shaped the way I think about human labor in the making of the 20th C. American landscape

Our speakers include @gabriel_dorthe @abbyspinak @ummodern @Anna_Lvovsky @Elibietti @uhlily and @wellerstein. Also keep an eye out for more information about our Science and Democracy Lecture on Nov 3 (5-7pm) with @Alondra Nelson. Want to be in the know?➡️ sts.hks.harvard.edu/connect/

"humans can exert positive ecological agency, co-designing ecosystems and making a shared world more hospitable to other species" - @Laura_J_Martin on the violent history of "fortress conservation" and how environmental justice is biodiversity protection: slate.com/technology/202…

☀️Tomorrow, April 8th, @ 1pm PDT. We’ll be talking about #JustTransitions #EnvironmentalJustice #Extractives #Mining #Land & #ClimateAction

This was an incredible talk, thank you @ShEcoAnarchist and @Prof_CarlosGQ so much for joining us, and such a rich discussion - when half the class stays an extra hour on zoom to talk about transnational movement building and environmental reparations, you know it’s a special day

Whenever you hear politicians & pundits fret that "infrastructure" has drifted from its essential meaning as a class of engineered hardware (roads, pipes, etc.), remember that, a century ago, infrastructure just meant the earthwork beneath railroad tracks. academia.edu/23432886/Carse…

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