Tar Wars
Oil, Environment and Alberta's Image
Business & Finance, Marketing & Sales, Public Relations, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art Technique
| Author: | Geo Takach | ISBN: | 9781772122756 |
| Publisher: | The University of Alberta Press | Publication: | February 27, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The University of Alberta Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Geo Takach |
| ISBN: | 9781772122756 |
| Publisher: | The University of Alberta Press |
| Publication: | February 27, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The University of Alberta Press |
| Language: | English |
Tar Wars offers a critical inside look at how leading image-makers negotiate escalating tensions between continuous economic growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As place branding assumes paramount importance in an increasingly global, visual, and ecologically conscious society, an international battle unfolds over Alberta’s bituminous sands. This battle pits independent documentary filmmakers against professional communicators employed by government and the oil industry. Tar Wars engages scholars and students in communications, film, environmental studies, social psychology, PR, media and cultural studies, and petrocultures. This book also speaks to decision makers, activists, and citizens exploring intersections of energy, environment, culture, politics, economy, media and power.
Tar Wars offers a critical inside look at how leading image-makers negotiate escalating tensions between continuous economic growth mandated by a globalized economic system and its unsustainable environmental costs. As place branding assumes paramount importance in an increasingly global, visual, and ecologically conscious society, an international battle unfolds over Alberta’s bituminous sands. This battle pits independent documentary filmmakers against professional communicators employed by government and the oil industry. Tar Wars engages scholars and students in communications, film, environmental studies, social psychology, PR, media and cultural studies, and petrocultures. This book also speaks to decision makers, activists, and citizens exploring intersections of energy, environment, culture, politics, economy, media and power.
