Everyday Energy

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This podcast series is part of the Energy Humanities research initiative, which aims to generate new scholarly conversations on everyday lived experiences of energy. Together with our guests, we will explore new ways of thinking about how we understand ordinary people’s encounters with energy in various social, cultural, and political-economic forms.

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An aerial map of Doha from 1952 with an outline of the Al-Kahraba Street: Photo taken by Anto Mohsin
at Msheireb Enrichment Center on April 23, 2016

Episodes

Reading for Oil

Reading for Oil

Published on June 28, 2021 In this episode, Vicky Googasian speaks with Elizabeth Barrios, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American & Latino/a Studies at Albion College about Venezuelan oil…
Electricity and Everyday Life in Doha

Electricity and Everyday Life in Doha

Published on June 28, 2021 In this episode, Firat Oruc speaks with Anto Mohsin, professor of science and technology studies at Northwestern University in Qatar, on electrical energy in everyday…
How Everyday People Electrified Mexico City

How Everyday People Electrified Mexico City

Published on June 28, 2021 In this episode, Trish Kahle speaks with Diana Montaño, to discuss how a varied, diverse group of Mexicans made sense of a new technology—and sometimes…