Nélia Dias and Mounir Sabeh Affaki have published the article “From exhibiting minerals to narrating extraction: reflections from Lisbon’s National Museum of Science and Natural History” in the International Journal of Heritage Studies. This paper focuses on two mineral exhibitions currently held at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) and aims to…
COP summits resemble the global equivalent of converging on the village square while the village is on fire: ineffective, procedural and frequently deadlocked, yet still one of the few places where movements, governments, corporations and institutions confront one another over how planetary futures are narrated and negotiated. Cultural institutions seize these moments eagerly. Some develop…
Mounir Sabeh Affaki (ISCTE) has published the article “From extraction to engagement: Post-mining transition and science communication in Lousal, Portugal” in the journal The Extractive Industries and Society based on his PITCH work. The article is available to read Open Access. Former mining sites are increasingly tasked with mediating extractive pasts while engaging publics with contemporary…
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,…
Nora Thorade (STDB) and Eike-Christian Heine (UiS) have published a popular science article in the magazine Mensch! Technik about the planned Carbon Cultures intervention at the Deutsches Technikmuseum. Read the article (in German)
