I am happy to have participated to this conference with people from the @greenhouseuis.net!

That is the end of three very interesting days in the German Maritime Museum for the "Planetary Waters: a Challenge Between Empathy and Abstraction" in Bremerhaven.

Next week I will take part in the Planetary Waters conference in the German Maritime Museum, in Bremerhaven. Organized by Fabienne Will, @katrinkleemann.bsky.social and Noemi Quagliati

With @eikeheine.bsky.social we will present a paper on the Norwegian petroleum museum

Sometimes petroculture is fun

I also did a full analysis of the Climate for change exhibition, and the last article by Bell, Dagett and Labuski was very interesting to look at.

I have been using a lot this book by Cara New Dagett for my thesis on #petroculture and narratives in the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. My aim was to show how petroculture informs us and reinforce bigger systems: patriarchy, capitalism and extractivism.

In December 1999, a biodiversity tragedy: the sinking of the Erika oil tanker creates a huge oil spills, killing around 150k to 300k birds. The following map lists the storage location in Brittany from various oil spills

Came across an unexpected #petroculture postcard in a Britannian home by illustrator Nikolaz Le Corre. Humorous caption says "authentic Britannian crêpe": made me wonder if the oil trucks were that common in Brittany (north west of France) ⬇️

I have a lot to say but I'll stop there with the other modern mines presented through pictures, and the very hazardous work that it represents. It made me think of Gilbert Four's book "Salifou, chercheur d'or dans le Ténéré" (available in French) where we learn about the life of Tuareg gold seeker.

I enjoyed the mention of plastics in mines, building links between different extractivist practices and carbon culture in general.

A bit of context: there are four permanent exhibitions in the museum: Hard Coal, Mining, Art and Mineral resources. There is also a visitor's mine, that enables one to experience a time in underground tunnels, and to see the evolution of the machinery.

Spent the day in the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum in Bochum (German Mining Museum), after hearing so much interesting talks on carbon culture with PITCH, I wanted to learn more on the German Mining industrial heritage and see if it could help me reflect on the Petroleum Museum. Will drop some thoughts

A graphic facilitator was there and made a very nice poster out of each presentation. On this one you can see the mirror that tells the visitor that they are "part of the climate problem". The shift of responsibility from state and industry to individuals are key in this part of the exhibit