This course examines global regimes of energy production, circulation, and consumption, with emphases on the renderings of nature and biological life into exhaustible commodities, the forces and governance of extractivist politics, economic and aesthetic territorializations of the world into divisible energy forms, and critical engagement with possible alternative energy futures.

Prerequisite(s): Any one of the following: 0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level; 0.5 course from Centre for Global Studies 2002F/G, Centre for Global Studies 2003F/G, or Centre for Global Studies 2004F/G; 0.5 GSWS course at the 1000 level; Geography 1200A/B; Geography 1400F/G; Geography 1500F/G; Health Sciences 1001A/B, Health Sciences 1002A/B, and Health Sciences 1110A/B; Global Great Books 3001F/G; Governance, Leadership and Ethics 2004F/G; Indigenous Studies 1020E; MediaCom 1020E; Philosophy 2035F/G; Philosophy 2356F/G; SJPS 1025F/G; enrolment in Major in Climate Change and Society; enrolment in Major in Community Development; enrolment in Honours Specialization in Community Development in Global Context; enrolment in Minor in Environment and Culture; enrolment in Major in Environment and Health; enrolment in Major in Environmental Stewardship; enrolment in Honours Specialization, Major, Specialization, or Minor in Gender and Women's Studies; enrolment in Honours Specialization, Major, Specialization, or Minor in Health Sciences; enrolment in Honours Specialization, Major, or Minor in Indigenous Studies; enrolment in Honours Specialization, Major, or Minor in Media, Information and Technoculture; enrolment in Honours Specialization, Major, Specialization, or Minor in Social Justice and Peace Studies; or permission of the Centre for Global Studies.

Extra Information: 3 hours.