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
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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.

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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.

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