The Dig: Arctic Energy Frontiers with Bathsheba Demuth
Bathsheba Demuth on her monumental book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. From the 19th century through today, governments and capitalists on the Russian, Soviet, and American Arctic borderlands extract energy from a natura...
October 2, 2020
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October 2, 2020
The Dig: Arctic Energy Frontiers with Bathsheba Demuth
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The Dig: Arctic Energy Frontiers with Bathsheba Demuth
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<p>Bathsheba Demuth on her monumental book <i>Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait</i>. From the 19th century through today, governments and capitalists on the Russian, Soviet, and American Arctic borderlands extract energy from a natural world whose reproductive cycles they don't comprehend and strive to convert Indigenous people into national subjects.</p><p>Support this podcast with a contribution at <a href="Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig</a></p>
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