1st Edition
Coal’s Final Void Extracted Futures and the Everyday Making of the Climate Crisis
By Kari Dahlgren
Copyright 2025
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the continuation of coal mining in Australia despite growing awareness of its contribution to the climate crisis. Through an in-depth ethnographic study, Kari Dahlgren reveals the complex and often contradictory ways that miners, lobbyists, and communities navigate the uncertain future of coal. By focusing on the human stories behind this industry, the book sheds light on... Read more
Introduction 1. The Final Voids 2. A Quarry Nation on Fire 3. Cashed-Up Bogans and Coal Lobbyists 4. A Part-Time Marriage 5. Mines, Vines, and Equines 6. Conclusion
Biography
Kari Dahlgren is an anthropologist of the social dynamics of the energy transition in Australia. She received her PhD in Anthropology from the London School of Economics. She is a lecturer in the Human Geography, Anthropology and Development Studies program at Monash University.
