Living with Oil and Gas: The Effects of Petroleum on Louisiana
Curtis and Edith Munson Marine Conservation Lecture Series
Dr. Diane Austin, Associate Research Anthropologist, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Petroleum development along the Louisiana coast is the most recent and extensive natural resource to shape southern Louisiana’s economy and environment. This talk will tell the story of the history of extractive resource industries in the region and of the people who live there, describe the role petroleum has played in the current social and political structure, and provide comparisons among southern Louisiana and other petroleum-dependent economies such as Nigeria. In this context, the lecture will include discussion of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and their influence on the reorganization of the petroleum industry, the State of Louisiana’s response to petroleum development on the outer continental shelf, and local reactions to ongoing petroleum activity.
Petroleum development along the Louisiana coast is the most recent and extensive natural resource to shape southern Louisiana’s economy and environment. This talk will tell the story of the history of extractive resource industries in the region and of the people who live there, describe the role petroleum has played in the current social and political structure, and provide comparisons among southern Louisiana and other petroleum-dependent economies such as Nigeria. In this context, the lecture will include discussion of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and their influence on the reorganization of the petroleum industry, the State of Louisiana’s response to petroleum development on the outer continental shelf, and local reactions to ongoing petroleum activity.
This is part of a fall weekly lecture series focusing on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and exploring the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River.
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Light refreshments will be served.
Lectures open to the university community and public.
For more information, contact Martha Smith, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems.
Email: martha.smith@yale.edu or
Phone: (203) 432-3026
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Light refreshments will be served.
Lectures open to the university community and public.
For more information, contact Martha Smith, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems.
Email: martha.smith@yale.edu or
Phone: (203) 432-3026
