CfP 9thTensions of Europe Conference - Panel on Natural Resources
Natural Resources in the Age of Mechanization and Digitalization: Technological Change, National Narratives and Transnational Connections Call for Proposals for a panel, 9 th Tensions of Europe Conference “Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age”, 27-30 June 2019 Industrial progress and innovations resulted in mechanization and digitalization of many processes and operations during the 18 th and 19 th century and especially in the later decades of the last century. Mechanization, automation and computerization changed practices of search, exploration, control, extraction, transportation, and industrial use of natural resources in many industrial sectors and countries. How did processes of mechanization, automation and computerization in specific cases change approaches to resource exploration, processing or use? How did such processes play out in different countries and world regions and affect industrial development, colonial practices, transnatio