Stories of Texas Petro-Geographies and an American Imaginary by Jessie Martin

The dominance of oil as an energy source persists because of how the substance has been and continues to be culturally imagined. In September last year I visited the U.S. state most associated with oil production, and ‘energy capital of the world’, Houston, Texas, to explore how a ruling imaginary of oil has materialised through […]

Research Visit Archives in Aylesbury, England

In early 2023, our fellow Fabian Ebeling travelled to England for a research stay. In the text below, he describes his stay, the insights he gained, and the sources he examined: In March 2023, I visited the Buckinghamshire Archives in Aylesbury. The archives host the vast collection of materials and documentation produced by the Milton […]