The University of Arizona Press
Date: Friday, August 11, 2023
Time: 6 – 8 p.m., MDT
Where: Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Avenue, Durango, CO
Andrew Curley will talk with readers and sign his book, Carbon Sovereignty, at “Authors in the Parklet” in front of Maria’s Bookshop in Durango. This summer evening tradition brings readers and authors together to celebrate great books.
Carbon Sovereignty offers a deep dive into the complex inner workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew Curley, a member of the Navajo Nation, examines the history of coal development within the Navajo Nation, including why some Diné supported coal and the consequences of doing so. He explains the Navajo Nation’s strategic choices to use the coal industry to support its sovereignty as a path forward in the face of ongoing colonialism. Carbon Sovereignty demonstrates the mechanism of capitalism through colonialism and the construction of resource sovereignty, in both the Navajo Nation’s embrace and its rejection of a coal economy.
