Marres Material Participation: Technology, the Environment and Everyday Publics

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-48074-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection

This book develops a fresh perspective on everyday forms of engagement, one that foregrounds the role of objects, technologies and settings in democracy. Examining a range of devices, from smart meters to eco-homes, the book sets out new concepts and methods for analyzing the relations between participation, innovation and the environment.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marres, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Participation as if Things Mattered 2. The Invention of Material Publics: Returns to American Pragmatism 3. Engaging Devices: Everyday Carbon Accounting and the Cost of Involvement 4. Sustainable Living Experiments or a 'Coming Out' for the Politics of Things 5. Ecoshowhomes and the Material Politics of Experimental Variation 6. Re-distributing Problems of Participation

Über Autor(innen)

Noortje Marres is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process (CSISP) at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.