The Human Cost of Fracking with Eliza Griswold (Humanities Scholars Program)
The Human Cost of Fracking with Eliza Griswold (Humanities Scholars Program)
- Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University
- Trust Arts Education Center
This event is a Core Conversation at the 2019 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival. See the full Core Conversation lineup here.
"Resource curse" describes the phenomenon where people who live on land richest in natural resources are the poorest. It's typically used for developing nations, but it exists in the U.S., too. Using seven years' worth of immersive journalism, research, and anecdotes from her newest book, Eliza Griswold discusses the human impact and social costs of natural resource development. Griswold touches on corporate greed, the disenfranchisement of rural Americans, and the neglect of environmental activists and the federal government, all of which have contributed to the disaster of fracking wreaked on Amity, PA and other towns.
Eliza Griswold is an American journalist and poet and has been published in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine. She has held fellowships from the New America Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Harvard University. Her latest book, Amity and Prosperity, was released in June 2018. It recounts the true story of how fracking shattered one Pennsylvania town and how one resident brought it to light.
Supported by the Dietrich College Humanities Scholars Program
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