Somos petróleo.

«Somos petróleo» é um experimento de prática-como-pesquisa, criado para pesquisar a forma como os americanos conceitualizam suas relações com o petróleo. Durante a performance, os participantes leram em voz alta emulações do testemunho diplomático Gwich'in sobre ser povo Caribú. Nas emulações, o texto é o mesmo, mas se diferencia porque a palavra «caribú» é substituída por «petróleo». Os Gwich'in são um povo indígena cujas terras de origem localizam-se no nordeste de Alaska e no noroeste do Canadá. Durante décadas têm impedido a exploração de gás e petróleo nos terrenos onde nascem os bezerros da manada de caribús porco-espinhos (Porcupine Caribou). O rebanho é o sustento deles e de sua identidade. O artigo ocupa-se do testemunho original Gwich'in e da performance que emula seu testemunho para promulgar as relações petróleo-humanos em termos das relações caribú-Gwich'in. O artigo e a performance usam teorias indígenas da lei e a figuração ecológica para provocar uma reflexão sobre as relações do petróleo como parentesco substantivo, estruturação da ordem legal e cosmologia.

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