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

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)