I have read a ton of scholarly books, but I don’t think I’ve posted enough of my Twitter threads on which volumes I’ve found extremely interesting and helpful for my own research. This is the case with Sara Ann Wylie’s “Fracktivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds”. An amazing book, to which I hope my Twitter thread and blog post do justice.
.@SaraAnnWylie combines stuff I’m interested in (fracking, water governance, environmental activism, governing toxic compounds) masterfully
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 16, 2018
What I love most about @SaraAnnWylie ‘s excellent book is that she draws from four fields. Interdisciplinary work is where it’s at, kids. pic.twitter.com/au0LI50j77
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 16, 2018
Also, @SaraAnnWylie and I are both ethnographers and interdisciplinary scholars. THAT SAID… I am SO not fluent in STS (Science and Technology Studies). I wish I were, but that’s not really where my work is situated. But she IS and so is @MaxLiboiron and I learn from them.
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 16, 2018
While @DukePress ‘s summary of @SaraAnnWylie book is insightful https://t.co/eZ3Fy8kvMV I found that I learned WAY MORE than what is described in the book. Also, “industrial embodiment” is such a powerful metaphor/analytical device to discuss activism against fracking.
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 16, 2018
This is my summary of Dr. Sara Ann Wylie’s book:
I found these closing paragraphs of @SaraAnnWylie ‘s Fracktivism really powerful (and they resonated with me and my work) </end thread> pic.twitter.com/bhB0WEhSci
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) June 16, 2018
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