Commentary: STS of the Underground

Trevor Birkenholtz

doi:10.17351/ests2018.240

Commentary: STS of the Underground

Trevor Birkenholtz University of Illinois

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17351/ests2018.240

Keywords: STS, expertise, underground resources, modeling

Abstract

Geographer Trevor Birkenholtz draws out major themes across the articles in the thematic collection "Engaging the Underground: An STS Field in Formation," with reference to cartographic and model production and representation, particularly in the ways that they render the landscapes partially knowable and contestable.

Author Biography

Trevor Birkenholtz, University of Illinois

Trevor Birkenholtz is a cultural and political ecologist, and development geographer. His work attempts to link the political economy of access to and control over environmental resources, and ecological change (political ecology), to issues of technology, knowledge, and social power, more typical of research in science and technology studies (STS).

Published

01 Mar 2018

Issue

Vol. 4 (2018)

Section

Thematic Collections

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