Material politics

 This week we are going to read the introduction to the book by the geographer Andrew Barry. Material Politics: Disputes along the Pipeline. As the assigned activity for this week, make the bullet points again with the main arguments of the chapter, and the list of topics or questions for discussion. 

We will read other chapters in the following two weeks. By continuing reading the book, we will have a better perspective of the arguments of the author and how he applies the theoretical framework outlined in the introduction. This book, in particular, allow us to continue discussing topics such as the transportation of commodities, as it introduces other themes that are common in STS research about natural resources: knowledge controversies, the production of information and the role of expert knowledge, social technologies such as transparency and Corporate Social Responsibility, governmentality, projects impacts, among others.  

The assignment is due on Monday 15 at 2:00 pm.

Enjoy the reading.