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Intercepting Injection: A Graphic Novel About Female Fracktivism in Athens County

Walter, Emily M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587638668444578

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2020, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Geography.
The rise of injection wells in Athens County has been met with fierce resistance by local activists concerned with the environmental and human health effects of pumping fracking waste underneath their feet. The resistance is predominantly led by women, motivated by an identity as protectors and mothers. Information about their struggle and the environmental implications of natural gas production is hard to come by in a political and social economy dominated by corporate control and propaganda. Grassroots education must fill the void to give citizens their right to understand what is being done to their land and dissent if they so please. This goal of this research is to provide an engaging and accessible piece of community storytelling to educate a wide audience of Athens County residents impacted by injection wells in their county. Acting as a piece of comics activism, this graphic novel tells the story of three women spearheading resistance efforts in their pockets of the county, employing various organizing strategies.
Harold Perkins (Advisor)
90 p.
Environmental Justice; Environmental Studies; Gender Studies; Geography
gender; environmental justice; fracking; comics activism; Athens County; Ohio; graphic novel; injection wells

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  • Walter, E. M. (2020). Intercepting Injection: A Graphic Novel About Female Fracktivism in Athens County [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587638668444578

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Walter, Emily . Intercepting Injection: A Graphic Novel About Female Fracktivism in Athens County. 2020. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587638668444578.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Walter, Emily . "Intercepting Injection: A Graphic Novel About Female Fracktivism in Athens County." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587638668444578

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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