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November 20, 2024

Airborne Gothic: ASLE 2025 Panel

AIRBORNE GOTHIC ASLE 2025 Panel Organized by the Society for the Study of American Gothic

This panel sets out to consider how gothic is carried and transmitted through air. Airborne gothic takes many forms: stories told around campfires; plague and Covid narratives; texts featuring ominous flying creatures (birds, bats, and bugs!); radiation/nuclear gothic; propagandistic talk about windmills as killing machines; airplanes or spacecraft as gothic sites; the winds and wutherings that course through so many gothic stories; and more. How do gothic texts evoke unrest, ...

ASLE Spotlight 2024-25, EPISODE 1: EXTRACTION

McIntyre Amy

 

This episode was recorded Friday, October 18, 2024

Co hosts: Sharae Deckard and Kate Huber

FEATURED GUESTS/WORKS:

Nathaniel Otjen, Mining for the Climate

Mining for the Climate is a podcast series that examines the impacts of domestic critical mineral extraction. The series considers how new and old forms of mining are fueling the energy transition and what the consequences are of a more mining-dependent society on humans, other beings and the climate.

In addition to offering a platform for environmental storytelling and research, Mining for the Climate is a pedagogical ...