Material politics : disputes along the pipeline / Andrew Barry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, Andrew, 1960-

Series:

RGS-IBG Book Series

RGS-IBS book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics.

Materials--Political aspects.

Materials.

Material culture--Political aspects.

Material culture.

Petroleum pipelines--Political aspects.

Petroleum pipelines.

International economic relations--Political aspects.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Summary:

"Presents an original theoretical approach to political geography by revealing the paradoxical relationship between materials and politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Making Things Political; Governing Materials; An Experiment in Transparency and Responsibility; The Georgian Route; The Archive; Overview of the Chapters; 2 The Georgian Route: Between Political and Physical Geography; Political Fieldwork; Geopolitics, Oil, the Caucasus; Physical Geography; The Pipeline Regime; Conclusion: Political Knowledge; 3 Transparency's Witness; Resource Curse; Disclosure; Assembling Civil Society

A Public Experiment4 Ethical Performances; Ethics and Business; Ethics, Politics and the Logic of Abduction; Art, Research and Politics; Conclusions: Ethics and Knowledge Controversies; 5 The Affected Public; Disclosure; Affected Communities; Points and Corridors; A Disputed Public; Conclusions: From Affected Communities to Material Impacts; 6 Visible Impacts; Landslides; Vibration; Impact and Action; Circulations of Impact; 7 Material Politics; Metals; Politics; Itinerant Practices; 8 Economy and the Archive; Interference; Compensation System; Accounting for Labour; Multiple Histories

9 ConclusionsGeopolitical Fieldwork; The Limits of Transparency; Material Politics; Coda; Notes; 1 Introduction; 2 The Georgian Route: Between Political and Physical Geography; 3 Transparency's Witness; 4 Ethical Performances; 5 The Affected Public; 6 Visible Impacts; 7 Material Politics; 8 Economy and the Archive; 9 Conclusions; References; Film, Television, Video and Photography; Documents, Reports and Publicity Material; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118529096

111852909X

9781118529102

1118529103

9781118529065

1118529065

9781118529126

111852912X

OCLC:

862794937