Energy and the American West

CHAIRS: ROLSTON, Jessica Smith and SCHNEIDER, Jennifer (CO Sch of Mines)

ABSTRACT: With its abundance of conventional fuels and renewable resources, the American West plays a crucial role in national debates about energy. The papers in this panel
examine public engagement with energy development in the region by taking up industries poised to expand (solar, hydraulic fracturing), contract (coal), and reemerge (uranium
mining and milling). In particular, papers focus on how public engagement processes can shape public policy debates around energy. A synthesizing paper examines how the
past is made meaningful in contemporary market shifts and explores the concept of "voice" for understanding the cases and the contestation surrounding them

Session Participants:
KNAAK, Allison (CO Sch of Mines)
TIDWELL. Abraham (CO Sch of Mines)
KIRKLAND. Tracv M. (UC-Boulder)

Session took place in Denver, CO at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2013.