In June 2025, the exploratory session “Story-Driven Cycling Routes through the Earthquake Zone” took place at the Village Hall of Garmerwolde. The session was organized by Utrecht University, the Landschapswerkplaats, and the Toukomst initiatives EPIQ (an interactive museum in development on soil, gas, and earthquakes) and Vergroenen Gaslocaties (EN: Greening of Gas Sites: a village…
In 2025–2026, in close collaboration with the University of Amsterdam, E-WERK Luckenwalde effectively delivered a comprehensive public programme engaging diverse audiences in the intersections of energy, heritage, and urban transformation. This video documents our major activities including our interdisciplinary summer school ‘Energy Literacy for a Just Transition’ and the Stadtbad Live! Sommerfest festival.
Carbon Culture: Museum of the Fossil Fuel Age is now on in Berlin at the Deutsches Technik Museum. This is a great intervention taking a critical look at modern dependence on coal, oil, and gas through objects already on display. Read more information about the intervention and find out how to visit. The exhibition catalog…
PITCH member Rodney Harrison (UCL) has published an article on coal mining-related industrial heritage sites in the UK in the context of the conjuncture of the fortieth anniversary of the 1984–1985 UK miners’ strike, the closure of the last coal-fired power station in the UK and contemporary global transitions away from fossil fuels. Harrison analyzes…
PITCH members Dolly Jørgensen (UiS) and Nora Thorade (German Museum of Technology) have jointly published a new article on history of technology museums and their inherent yet unseen petrocultures. Using case studies in Germany and South Korea, the authors argue that technological progress narratives in history of technology museums are built on unseen carbon cultures,…
