Ethnography of Household Energy Demand in the UK

Everyday Temporalities of Digital Media Usage

AvRoxana Moroşanu

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Anthropology of Sustainability

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Beskrivning

This book challenges the ways we think about human agency by looking at the creativity, ethics, and capacities for social transformation that are embedded in simple actions of “doing”.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-20
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Anthropology of Sustainability
Antal sidor:199
Upplaga:18001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349934744

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Roxana Moroşanu Firth is a social anthropologist working in the fields of computing, sustainability and innovation. She is a Research Associate at the Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, UK, and Research Fellow at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, such as Design Studies, The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Time We Have–The Time We Make.- 1. How the Light Gets In: A Theoretical Framework for “Ordinary Agency”.- 2. Encountering Middleborough: Impressions, Methods, and Tacit Knowledge.- 3. Meeting the Families.- 4. Spontaneity.- 5. Anticipation and the Mother-Multiple.- 6. “Family Time” and Domestic Sociality: Forms of Togetherness and Independence with Digital Media.- 7. Saving Energy in British Homes: Thoughts and Applications.