Book Reviews

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Review of Landscapes of Power- Randle

Sayd Randle reviews Dana Powell's book, Landscapes of power: politics of energy in the Navajo Nation, for The Journal of Peasant Studies.Read more

Review of Landscapes of Power- Quintero

Gilbert A. Quintero reviews Dana Powell's book, Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy Development in the Navajo Nation, for Medical Anthropology Quarterly.Read more

Praise for the Book

Quintero (2019): "The book contextualizes the debate over the Desert Rock project by attending to the decades long legacies of previous extractive energy practices, including coal and uranium mining, and their physical,
social, and cultural effects on the Dine."

Bruna (2019): Landscapes of Power is particularly well suited for American Indian studies and anthropology courses that examine the intersecting challenges and interests of economic development, environmental justice, and tribal sovereignty."

Allison (2019): "In public hearings and private conversations, and through distributed media and artwork, the Navajo intensely debated the project, creating a discourse that altered their understandings of such crucial concepts as tribal sovereignty, economic development, indigenous authority, and environmentalism."

Energy in COVID-19 Discussions


Tuesday, June 16, 12-1:30 pm PT
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Questions: email James Adams ([email protected]

This discussion will bring together people interested in working with the Energy in COVID-19 Research Group within the Transnational STS COVID-19 Project to discuss Dana Powell’s book Landscapes of Power (2018).

Learn more about Dr. Powell's work here!

We will begin discussing our takes on the book by informally addressing this set of shared questions. Then, at 12:45, we will have a round of Q&A with the author, Dr. Dana Powell. We will close with a collective reflection on how Dr. Powell's work and findings can inform the Energy in COVID-19 project.

We encourage participants to share comments and questions for the author in advance by clicking on the ANNOTATE button at the bottom here. Select the question set for “Reading Landscapes of Power.”