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Elaine Forde: New Infrastructures for Energy Transition
Termin |
Dienstag, 8. Mai 2018, 16.15 - 18.00 Uhr
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Veranstaltungsart |
Vorlesung/Vortrag |
Einrichtung |
Philosophische Fakultät I |
Veranstalter |
Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung und Seminar für Ethnologie der MLU |
Veranstaltungsort |
Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung, Großer Seminarraum |
Straße |
Advokatenweg 36 |
PLZ/Ort |
06114 Halle (Saale) |
Ansprechpartner |
Bettina Mann |
Telefon |
+49 345-2927501 |
E-Mail |
mann@eth.mpg.de |
Beschreibung
The term energy transition denotes a growing consensus about the pressing need for energy culture change. This entails seeking alternatives to fossil fuels and extractive energy sources, to reach the overall goal of a transition to a low-carbon economy. Whether driven by security, price, ethical considerations or other factors, the issue of energy transition is acute, however the act of making such a transition is constrained by a full range of socio-technical factors.
This paper interrogates the convergence of socio-technical factors in combinations which produce infrastructural inequalities. Transformative energy research needs to pay a particular attention to everyday energy cultures which exist under conditions of infrastructural inequality, where idealised energy behaviours are understood, negotiated but not enabled. I argue that uneven access to energy infrastructures is one of the primary challenges in securing energy justice for people and planet, and with that in mind I pose the question: What new infrastructures will emerge to support and enable energy transition on a global scale?
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