A Rough Guide to the Oil Archive

IF 17.7 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1215/22011919-11150091

Lukas Becker

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Abstract

The omnipresence of petroleum makes it an essential part of a history of the modern world. However, this ubiquity also presents a challenge as to which archival materials historians should use to tell this story. By using material gathered during fieldwork in the Colombian oil city of Barrancabermeja, this article aims to investigate the nature of the oil archive. Situated within the broader field of literature on the history of petroleum and archives, the investigation touches upon records in diverse archives, the urban fabric, and repositories of oil’s history to be found underground. By pinpointing such materials across Barrancabermeja, the article argues that the oil archive is not just found in historical documents but embedded in the landscape, in social practices, in human bodies, and even in the geology of the earth. To understand the deep-seated influence of oil, the article argues for the establishment of an interdisciplinary working group of the oil archive. Faced with the impending challenge of climate change and the long-lasting legacy of the fossil fuel age, such a group could provide evidence for how humanity got to this stage, point to different imaginaries of past and future, and clarify issues surrounding climate justice and responsibility.

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石油档案粗略指南

石油无处不在，使其成为现代世界史的重要组成部分。然而，这种无处不在的特性也提出了一个挑战，即历史学家应该使用哪些档案材料来讲述这个故事。通过使用在哥伦比亚石油城市巴兰卡韦梅哈进行实地考察时收集的材料，本文旨在研究石油档案的性质。在有关石油和档案历史的更广泛的文献领域中，调查涉及各种档案中的记录、城市结构以及地下的石油历史资料库。通过对整个巴兰卡韦梅哈地区的此类资料进行定位，文章认为石油档案不仅存在于历史文献中，还蕴含在景观、社会实践、人类身体甚至地球地质中。为了理解石油根深蒂固的影响，文章主张建立一个跨学科的石油档案工作组。面对迫在眉睫的气候变化挑战和化石燃料时代的长期遗留问题，这样一个小组可以为人类如何走到这一步提供证据，指出对过去和未来的不同想象，并澄清与气候正义和责任有关的问题。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.