Technology,naturalresourcesandcrisesinthe
pastandpresentofEuropeandbeyond
InternationalWorkshop,TensionsofEuropeNetworkonResources
AarhusUniversity,CentreforScienceStudies,8-9May2017,
NyMunkegade118,Building1530,Room232(2ndfloor)
Monday,8May2017
9.00-9.30
9.30-10.15
Introduction
SebastianHaumann,Darmstadt,Germany
ProneforCrises?HowResourcesBecomeCriticalResources
Commentator:UrbanWråkberg
10.15-10.30 Coffeebreak
10.30-12.00 GeorgFischer,Aarhus,Denmark
RescalingResourceCrises:IronProductionForecastsandtheirConsequences
beforetheFirstWorldWar
Commentator:ViktorPál
KarlBruno,Stockholm,Sweden
WhoseBusiness?SwedishForeignPolicyandCommercialNaturalResource
InterestsinLiberia,1955–80
Commentator:IhedivaChimee
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 IhedivaChimee,Abuja,Nigeria
ThetransformativepowerofEuropeantechnologyinresourceexploitationand
use:ReflectionsontheoilpressesandraillinesofcolonialNigeria
Commentator:KarlBruno
MatthiasHeymann,Aarhus,Denmark
Climaticchallengesandwaterscarcity:Internationalcooperationinthe
UNESCOAridZoneProgramme
Commentator:JiriJanac
14.30-15.00 Coffeebreak
15.00-16.30 UrbanWråkberg,Kirkenes,Norway
Non-renewableenergyrecoursesintheFennoscandiannorth:Technological
path-dependenceandcompetingvisionsofchangeingeo-economicand
environmentalscenario-building
Commentator:OleSparenberg
DagAvango&AnnaÅberg,Stockholm,Sweden
Miningregionsintransition:legaciesofresourceextractioninpost-extraction
futures
Commentator:SebastianHaumann
17.00-18.00 Speciallecture:HenryNielsen,Aarhus,Denmark
ColdAtoms-TheHuntforUraniuminGreenland1944-2017
19.00 Dinner
Tuesday,9May2017
9.00-10.30
ViktorPál,Helsinki,Finland
TheColonizationoftheNaturalEnvironmentinAustria-Hungary:Economic,
EthnicandSocialConflictsoverSlovakianForestsinthelateNineteenth
Century
Commentator:GeorgFischer
JawadDaheur,Strasbourg
ExpandingRailways,ForestUseChangesandFuelwoodCrisisinHabsburg
Galicia(1880-1914)
Commentator:JuliaLajus
10.30-10.45 Coffeebreak
10.45-12.15 ErmioniFrezouli,Athens,Greece
Onthehistoricalco-shapingofwaterresourcesandtechnological
infrastructuresonaGreekisland:ThecaseofChios
Commentator:ElenaKochetkova
JiriJanac,Prague,CzechRepublic
TheComplexWaterManagementandSoilImprovementSchemeforSouthern
Moravia
Commentator:MatthiasHeymann
12.15-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.45 JuliaLajus,St.Petersburg,Russia
FirstWorldWarfoodcrisis,inventoryoffishresourcesanddiscussionsonnew
fishingtechnologiesinRussia
Commentator:JawadDaheur
ElenaKochetkova,St.Petersburg,Russia
SovietNaturalResourcesandTechnologicalDevelopment,1940s-1980s
Commentator:ErmioniFrezouli
14.45-15.00 Coffeebreak
15.00-15.45 OleSparenberg,Saarbrücken,Germany
TheCommodityCrisisofthe1970s:PerceptionandResponse
Commentator:AnnaÅberg
15.45-17.00 Finaldiscussion