• Environmental Justice and Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia with Bowen Gu

  • Mar 8 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
  • Podcast

Environmental Justice and Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia with Bowen Gu

  • Summary

  • Bowen Gu joins Juliet and Erik on the podcast to talk about environmental justice and China's coal investments in Indonesia, with a focus on Gu's recent paper: Black gold and green BRI: A grounded analysis of Chinese investment in coal-fired power plants in Indonesia (2024).

    Bowen Gu is a PhD student at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). Her research looks into coal-related environmental justice movements in China and broader regions under the Belt and Road Initiative.

    Recommendations:

    Erik:

    • Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City by Darren Byler (2022)
    • The symphonies of Glenn Branca (especially no.10)


    Bowen:

    • Land, Water, Air, and Freedom: The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice by Joan Martínez-Alier (2023)
    • Album of Indonesian music (name tk)


    Juliet:

    • The Railpolitik: Leadership and Agency in Sino-African Infrastructure Development by Yuan Wang (2023)
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