4/7 Friday Sessions

Hydroscapes I

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Room 108, Hynes, Plaza Level

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Michael Minn - Eastern Washington University

Chair(s):

Michael Minn - Eastern Washington University

Abstract(s):

8:00 AM Author(s): *Karin Schauman - University of Illinois - Chicago

Nabil Nazha, PhD - University of Illinois at Chicago

Abstract Title: Cities in the Name of Progress. The Construction of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam and Its Impact on the Production of Space at the Border Between Paraguay and Brazil (1960-2016)

8:20 AM Author(s): *Sokvisal Kimsroy - Kent State University

Abstract Title: Assessing the Impacts of a Hydropower Plant on the Livelihoods of Residents in Cambodia: The Case of the Sambor Project

8:40 AM Author(s): *Mohammad Eskandari -

Abstract Title: Fueling the Hydro-dream: Political Economy of Large Dams in Iran

9:00 AM Author(s): *Synne Movik - Norwegian Institute for Water Research

Synne Movik, Dr - Norwegian Institute for Water Research

Abstract Title: Shifting discourses on dams, development and donors: A longue durée perspective on Norwegian energy aid to Nepal and Tanzania

Session Description: In addition to being fundamental to biological and social life, water is also deeply tied to identities, meanings and power relations. These sessions will explore the myriad ways in which water shapes, and is shaped by, physical, political, economic and semiotic landscapes around the world.

Critical Geographies of Energy Infrastructure I: Governance and Justice

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Constitution A, Sheraton, Second Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Anthony Levenda - Arizona State University

Sarah E. Knuth - University of Michigan

Laura Tozer - University of Toronto

Chair(s):

Anthony Levenda - Arizona State University

Abstract(s):

8:00 AM Author(s): *Carol Hunsberger - University of Western Ontario

Abstract Title: Energy justice and Canada's National Energy Board: A critical analysis of the Line 9 pipeline decision

8:20 AM Author(s): *Stephanie Pincetl, PhD - UCLA

Abstract Title: Building Energy Policy; Lurching into the 21st Century

8:40 AM Author(s): *Carlo E. Sica, MA - Syracuse University

Abstract Title: Where's the "structure" in energy infrastructure?

9:00 AM Author(s): *Hudson Spivey - UCLA

Abstract Title: From Energy Colony to Regional Revolt: Decentralized Networks of Power in Fukushima, Japan

9:20 AM Discussant: Harriet Bulkeley - University of Durham

Discussant(s):

Harriet Bulkeley - University of Durham

Session Description: First of four sessions.

Today's interconnected energy crises - worsening climate change; battles between fossil interests and challengers in a volatile global economy; economic decline, austerity, and new energy poverty; and deeply unequal global access to the benefits of reliable and clean energy supply - command political and scholarly attention. In this period of instability and transformation, energy infrastructures in particular have become increasingly powerful objects as loci of emerging technological revolutions and industry restructurings, major targets and stakes in geopolitical conflicts, and symbols of alternate futures.

We argue that energy geographers are well positioned to analyze and critique these emerging energy challenges, and to help cultivate desirable energy futures. Geographic approaches offer unique insights into the spaces and politics of infrastructure (re)production, from the political ecologies of violent extraction and urban metabolism to political economic treatments of urban-regional infrastructure privatization and industrial change, socio-technical work on low-carbon transitions, and cultural and geo-humanities engagements with infrastructural materialities and meanings.

This paper session aims to generate discussions about the future of critical energy geographies. Accordingly, we seek papers that engage with energy infrastructures from various perspectives and that are capable of provoking intellectually and politically creative conversations across areas of geographical inquiry. We seek to take up the challenge of understanding energy as a "physical medium through which to tilt the balance of power and exert social control," (Calvert 2015), to emphasize the ethical implications of uneven energy infrastructure development (Huber 2015), and, taking the advice of anthropologists, to reflect upon what the role of energy, as a concept itself, does to our study of geography (Boyer 2014). We invite contributions that both engage in critique and/or move beyond it to envision and make possible productive, just, and "abundant futures" (Collard et al 2015).

All Things Nuclear in a Post-Fukushima Context: Geographical Perspectives - 1

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Vineyard, Marriott, Fourth Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Specialty Group

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Misa Yasumiishi - University at Buffalo

Marissa Z. Bell - University At Buffalo

Daisaku Yamamoto - Colgate University

Chair(s):

Daisaku Yamamoto - Colgate University

Abstract(s):

8:00 AM Author(s): *Chris S. Renschler - University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Abstract Title: Using Fallout Radionuclides and Models to Enhance Stakeholders' Capacities to Assess Management Strategies for Both: Soil & Water Conservation and Contaminated Soils

8:15 AM Author(s): *Xi Gong - University of New Mexico

F. Benjamin Zhan - Texas State University

Yan Lin - University of New Mexico

Abstract Title: Is Ionizing Radiation Near In the Vicinity of Nuclear Facilities Related to Low Birth Weight in Offspring

8:30 AM Author(s): *Carolynne Hultquist - Pennsylvania State University

Abstract Title: Radiation from Fukushima: Policy, Information, and Technology

8:45 AM Author(s): *Misa Yasumiishi - University at Buffalo

Abstract Title: Decoding Environmental Processes Using Soil Radioactivity Data for Environmental Decontamination and Recovery

9:00 AM Author(s): *Hiroyuki KANEKO - Rikkyo University

Abstract Title: Why People Continue to Consume Local Food?: Radioactive contamination and the use of resources.

9:15 AM Discussant: Chris S. Renschler - University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Discussant(s):

Chris S. Renschler - University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Session Description: The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan in 2011 and the subsequent radioactive contamination in the region has impacted the ways in which we view and deal with nuclear power, radioactivity in the environment, and the complex assemblage of actors in the energy industry and communities. Five years after the incident, the concerns about the effects of the disaster persist and the new issues and challenges related to nuclear power and radioactivity continue to arise. This multiple-session series aims to provide an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences, and questions among researchers who have been engaging in a wide range of issues related to radioactivity, nuclear energy, nuclear accident/disaster, nuclear proliferation, and other relevant events and phenomena. Our paper sessions and panel discussion will address the following nuclear-energy related topics, not limited to the Fukushima region: isotope techniques in geography; environmental impacts; geographies of health, radiation, contamination and decontamination; social and community impacts and responses; social and economic impacts of power plant decommissioning; knowledge, expertise and information; sustainability and progress; demographics and migration; gender and diverse economies; reconstruction and governance; use of geospatial techniques; urban-centric challenges.

Critical Geographies of Energy Infrastructure II: Spatial,Temporal, and Material Politics

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Constitution A, Sheraton, Second Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Anthony Levenda - Arizona State University

Ingrid Behrsin

Sarah E. Knuth - University of Michigan

Chair(s):

Laura Tozer - University of Toronto

Abstract(s):

10:00 AM Author(s): *Gordon Walker - LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

Mette Kragh-Furbo - Lancaster University

Abstract Title: Re-monetizing electricity (non)flows and commodifying (non)demand: the extending metrological regime of market-based grid balancing

10:20 AM Author(s): *Carlo E. Sica, MA - Syracuse University

Abstract Title: Where's the "structure" in energy infrastructure?

10:40 AM Author(s): *Conor Harrison - University of South Carolina

Jeff Popke, PhD - East Carolina University

Abstract Title: Mining steam: The promise and peril of geothermal energy in the Caribbean energy transition

10:50 AM Introduction: Jeff Popke - East Carolina University

Session Description: Second of four sessions.

Today's interconnected energy crises - worsening climate change; battles between fossil interests and challengers in a volatile global economy; economic decline, austerity, and new energy poverty; and deeply unequal global access to the benefits of reliable and clean energy supply - command political and scholarly attention. In this period of instability and transformation, energy infrastructures in particular have become increasingly powerful objects as loci of emerging technological revolutions and industry restructurings, major targets and stakes in geopolitical conflicts, and symbols of alternate futures.

We argue that energy geographers are well positioned to analyze and critique these emerging energy challenges, and to help cultivate desirable energy futures. Geographic approaches offer unique insights into the spaces and politics of infrastructure (re)production, from the political ecologies of violent extraction and urban metabolism to political economic treatments of urban-regional infrastructure privatization and industrial change, socio-technical work on low-carbon transitions, and cultural and geo-humanities engagements with infrastructural materialities and meanings.

This paper session aims to generate discussions about the future of critical energy geographies. Accordingly, we seek papers that engage with energy infrastructures from various perspectives and that are capable of provoking intellectually and politically creative conversations across areas of geographical inquiry. We seek to take up the challenge of understanding energy as a "physical medium through which to tilt the balance of power and exert social control," (Calvert 2015), to emphasize the ethical implications of uneven energy infrastructure development (Huber 2015), and, taking the advice of anthropologists, to reflect upon what the role of energy, as a concept itself, does to our study of geography (Boyer 2014). We invite contributions that both engage in critique and/or move beyond it to envision and make possible productive, just, and "abundant futures" (Collard et al 2015).

Critical Geographies of Energy 1: Space, Scale and Discourse in Post-Hydrocarbon Politics

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 1:20 PM - 3:00 PM in Boston University, Marriott, Third Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights Specialty Group

Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

Mia Renauld

Noel Healy - Dept Geography Salem State University

Chair(s):

Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

Abstract(s):

1:20 PM Introduction: Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

1:25 PM Author(s): *Sean F Kennedy - UCLA

Abstract Title: "Alternative energy capital of the world"? Geographies of energy transition and governance in Los Angeles' urban periphery

1:45 PM Author(s): *Danya Al-Saleh - University of Wisconsin

Abstract Title: The engineering of energy infrastructures for a "post-hydrocarbon" Qatar

2:05 PM Author(s): *Jessica Debski - Salem State University

Abstract Title: Fossil Fuel Divestment: Implications for the Future of Sustainability Discourse and Action within Higher Education

2:25 PM Author(s): *Ryan M Katz-Rosene, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Ottawa

Abstract Title: Energizing 8.5 Billion: The Socio-Spatial Implications of Eco-Modernist and De-Growthist Energy Futures

2:45 PM Discussant: Noel Healy - Dept Geography Salem State University

Discussant(s):

Noel Healy - Dept Geography Salem State University

Session Description: Whether it be to help mitigate climate change, to obtain national energy security, to stimulate growth in domestic industries, or to lift populations out of energy poverty, governments around the globe are actively involved in retooling, reregulating, rebranding and/or reinvesting in various energy infrastructures, all while the dominance of fossil fuels within the global economy appears to be under threat. Multi-scalar projects, plans, and regulatory structures have emerged in recent years to start instituting change in energy systems (or in some instances to maintain the status quo), begging us to question the various dimensions and spatial dynamics at play. Several schisms have showcased themselves as communities, megacities, larger regional jurisdictions and nation-states have moved forward in attempts to achieve energy plans and targets. Among such divisions are those between eco-modernist and de-growthist ideologies, urban and rural development, globalism and localism, and multinational companies and communities challenging the influence and impacts of petro-capitalism. Together, this series of papers seeks to address the emergent issues around energy from a critical geographical perspective, with attention to various themes such as energy security, energy justice, socio-technical transitions, infrastructure, and climate change.

Critical Geographies of Energy Infrastructure IV: Inequality, Violence and (Dis)Connection

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 3:20 PM - 5:00 PM in Constitution A, Sheraton, Second Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Anthony Levenda - Arizona State University

Laura Tozer - University of Toronto

Sarah E. Knuth - University of Michigan

Chair(s):

Ingrid Behrsin

Abstract(s):

3:20 PM Author(s): *Mary Finley-Brook - University of Richmond

Abstract Title: Racial Violence and Deadly Energy in the Americas

3:40 PM Author(s): *Veronica Isabel Jacome - University of California, Berkeley

Abstract Title: Access at the Fringe: precarity within electric services in Unguja, Tanzania

4:00 PM Author(s): *Sophie L.Van Neste - University of Montreal

Abstract Title: Energy politics and the 'ferocious love for place': complex entanglements for activists against pipelines

4:20 PM Discussant: Jennifer Baka - Pennsylvania State University

Discussant(s):

Jennifer Baka - Pennsylvania State University

Session Description: Today's interconnected energy crises - worsening climate change; battles between fossil interests and challengers in a volatile global economy; economic decline, austerity, and new energy poverty; and deeply unequal global access to the benefits of reliable and clean energy supply - command political and scholarly attention. In this period of instability and transformation, energy infrastructures in particular have become increasingly powerful objects as loci of emerging technological revolutions and industry restructurings, major targets and stakes in geopolitical conflicts, and symbols of alternate futures.

We argue that energy geographers are well positioned to analyze and critique these emerging energy challenges, and to help cultivate desirable energy futures. Geographic approaches offer unique insights into the spaces and politics of infrastructure (re)production, from the political ecologies of violent extraction and urban metabolism to political economic treatments of urban-regional infrastructure privatization and industrial change, socio-technical work on low-carbon transitions, and cultural and geo-humanities engagements with infrastructural materialities and meanings.

This paper session aims to generate discussions about the future of critical energy geographies. Accordingly, we seek papers that engage with energy infrastructures from various perspectives and that are capable of provoking intellectually and politically creative conversations across areas of geographical inquiry. We seek to take up the challenge of understanding energy as a "physical medium through which to tilt the balance of power and exert social control," (Calvert 2015), to emphasize the ethical implications of uneven energy infrastructure development (Huber 2015), and, taking the advice of anthropologists, to reflect upon what the role of energy, as a concept itself, does to our study of geography (Boyer 2014). We invite contributions that both engage in critique and/or move beyond it to envision and make possible productive, just, and "abundant futures" (Collard et al 2015).

Critical Geographies of Energy 2: Security and Power in Energy Infrastructure

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 3:20 PM - 5:00 PM in Boston University, Marriott, Third Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights Specialty Group

Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

Mia Renauld

Noel Healy - Dept Geography Salem State University

Chair(s):

Mia Renauld

Abstract(s):

3:20 PM Introduction: Mia Renauld

3:25 PM Author(s): Don Alexander, PhD, MCP, RPP - Vancouver Island University

Abstract Title: The Political Economy of Energy Megaprojects: The Case of British Columbia, Canada

3:45 PM Author(s): *Peter Forman - University of Durham

Abstract Title: Governing Gas: Ontological Projects of Security Governance

4:05 PM Author(s): *Yuwan Malakar - Energy and Poverty Research Group, UQ Energy Initiative, The University of Queensland, Australia

Chris Greig - Energy and Poverty Research Group, UQ Energy Initiative, The University of Queensland, Australia

Elske van de Fliert - Centre for Communication and Social Change, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland, Australia

Abstract Title: Human Agency of Energy Poor: Exploring Structural Domination in Energy Practices

4:25 PM Author(s): *Ioan M. Charnley-Parry, BSc, MSc - University of Central Lancashire

John Whitton - University of Central Lancashire

Abstract Title: What's important to you? Engaging different social groups to understand social priorities and the local impacts of new energy infrastructure in Anglesey, North Wales.

4:45 PM Discussant: Brandon Derman - University of Washington

Discussant(s):

Brandon Derman - University of Washington

Session Description: Whether it be to help mitigate climate change, to obtain national energy security, to stimulate growth in domestic industries, or to lift populations out of energy poverty, governments around the globe are actively involved in retooling, reregulating, rebranding and/or reinvesting in various energy infrastructures, all while the dominance of fossil fuels within the global economy appears to be under threat. Multi-scalar projects, plans, and regulatory structures have emerged in recent years to start instituting change in energy systems (or in some instances to maintain the status quo), begging us to question the various dimensions and spatial dynamics at play. Several schisms have showcased themselves as communities, megacities, larger regional jurisdictions and nation-states have moved forward in attempts to achieve energy plans and targets. Among such divisions are those between eco-modernist and de-growthist ideologies, urban and rural development, globalism and localism, and multinational companies and communities challenging the influence and impacts of petro-capitalism. Together, this series of papers seeks to address the emergent issues around energy from a critical geographical perspective, with attention to various themes such as energy security, energy justice, socio-technical transitions, infrastructure, and climate change.

Critical Geographies of Energy 3: Energy Justice and Resistance

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 5:20 PM - 7:00 PM in Boston University, Marriott, Third Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights Specialty Group

Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Noel Healy - Dept Geography Salem State University

Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

Mia Renauld

Chair(s):

Marcos J. Luna - Salem State University

Abstract(s):

5:20 PM Introduction: Marcos J. Luna - Salem State University

5:21 PM Author(s): *Noel Healy, Dr. - Salem State University

Abstract Title: Reconceptualizing Energy (In)Justice: Democratizing energy system transitions, divestment and a 'just transition'

5:41 PM Author(s): *Brandon Barclay Derman, PhD - University of Illinois, Springfield

Abstract Title: Emerging legal geographies: The Dakota Access pipeline conflict

6:01 PM Author(s): *Carolyn Snell, Dr - The University of York

Mark Bevan, Dr - Centre for Housing Policy, University of York

Ross Gillard - Department of Social Policy, University of York

Abstract Title: Justice, fuel poverty and vulnerable groups: a comparative analysis

6:21 PM Author(s): *Mia Renauld - Northeastern University

Abstract Title: Shaped by Chevron: Evolving Entanglements from a Company Town towards a Just Transition

6:41 PM Discussant: Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

Discussant(s):

Ryan Maurice Katz-Rosene - University of Ottawa

All Things Nuclear in a Post-Fukushima Context: Geographical Perspectives - Panel Discussion

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 5:20 PM - 7:00 PM in Vineyard, Marriott, Fourth Floor

Sponsorship(s):

Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Specialty Group

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Economic Geography Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

Misa Yasumiishi - University at Buffalo

Marissa Z. Bell - University At Buffalo

Chair(s):

Daisaku Yamamoto - Colgate University

Introduction:

Daisaku Yamamoto - Colgate University

Panelist(s):

John R. Mullin - University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Mitsuo Yamakawa - Teikyo University

Chris S. Renschler - University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Session Description: The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan in 2011 and the subsequent radioactive contamination in the region has impacted the ways in which we view and deal with nuclear power, radioactivity in the environment, and the complex assemblage of actors in the energy industry and communities. Five years after the incident, the concerns about the effects of the disaster persist and the new issues and challenges related to nuclear power and radioactivity continue to arise. This multiple-session series aims to provide an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences, and questions among researchers who have been engaging in a wide range of issues related to radioactivity, nuclear energy, nuclear accident/disaster, nuclear proliferation, and other relevant events and phenomena. Our paper sessions and panel discussion will address the following nuclear-energy related topics, not limited to the Fukushima region: isotope techniques in geography; environmental impacts; geographies of health, radiation, contamination and decontamination; social and community impacts and responses; social and economic impacts of power plant decommissioning; knowledge, expertise and information; sustainability and progress; demographics and migration; gender and diverse economies; reconstruction and governance; use of geospatial techniques; urban-centric challenges

Energy and Environment Specialty Group Business Meeting

is scheduled on Friday, 4/7/2017, from 7:10 PM - 8:10 PM in Room 311, Hynes, Third Level

Sponsorship(s):

Energy and Environment Specialty Group

Organizer(s):

AAG