Lecture - Dr. Dylan Harris, What’s happening to the mines? Mines, Miners, and the Just Transition
This talk asks: how are these transitions experienced by mining communities? Using insights from research in Western Colorado and Central Appalachia, Dr. Harris will discuss the shifting reality of mines in this emerging framework.
Dylan M. Harris is an assistant professor of geography and environmental studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). His work focuses on the stories we tell (and don’t tell) about socioecological change, focusing specifically on the procedural elements of climate and energy justice. He is interested in work that exists at the intersection of change, drawing from what he terms experimental and speculative political ecology to critically study the unequal power structures informing many “transition” projects (e.g., carbon offsets) while also aiming to disrupt them, pointing towards more equitable possibilities, through interventionist research.
