Crude Representations: BP and the Cultural Imagination of Oil

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Activity

A one-day multi-disciplinary symposium examining and engaging with one of the largest and longest running oil companies, BP. It examined the rich, surprising and troubling history of cultural representations of BP, exploring both how the company itself has drawn on and utilised forms of cultural representation, and how artists and other cultural figures have responded to, critically interrogated, and represented the company in their own work.

Description

Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the symposium featured speakers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including film studies, media studies, art history and cultural heritage, literary studies, sociology, history and Islamic studies.
Period24 Jan 2025
Event typeConference
LocationEdinburgh, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • Petroleum Industry
  • film and visual culture
  • Cultural Studies
  • film studies
  • Art History
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Interdisciplinarity