Date: Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 5:58 PM
Subject: [Sand-working] article on frac sand conflicts & community organizing
To: sand-working@wiscommunity.com
Several months ago I was asked to write an article about frac sand mining
for the academic journal Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, and
it has finally been published. The article provides an overview of the main
concerns surrounding frac sand mining, of local conflicts and community
organizing, and of some ways in which the frac sand industry has responded to
local opposition. Here's the full citation with a link to a copy of the
article:
- Pearson, Thomas W. 2013. Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin: Understanding Emerging Conflicts and Community Organizing. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment 35(1):30-40.
The issue of CAFE in which this article appears
includes a few other research reports addressing the social dimensions of
hydraulic fracturing and the anthropology of energy.
Feel free to share the link to the article. As always, I welcome any
comments or feedback.
Thanks!
Tom
Thomas Pearson
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Social Science Department University of Wisconsin-Stout
http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/pearsont/
Sand-working@wiscommunity.com
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"We abuse land because we regard it
as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we
belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." ~Aldo Leopold, A Sand County
Almanac
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