Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time

Serres, Michel; Latour, Bruno; Lapidus, Roxanne

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“…Rethinking the socio-technical: Materiality, assemblage, and agency Our research on the Greek photovoltaic initiative aims to address the interaction between human and non-human networks, from the atom to the anthropos, exploring the coconfiguration of the "social" and the "technical." Going beyond socio-technical theory that considers how complex technological infrastructure inevitably affects human behavior (Shove, 2003;Geels, 2010;Lawhon and Murphy, 2012), human and non-human networks are analyzed as assemblages of relational agency (Deleuze and Guattari, 1980;Galvin, 2009;Serres, 1995a;Bennett, 2005Bennett, , 2010Latour, 2005). The research further contributes to classic anthropological theories of objects as mediators of social agency (Gell, 1998;Layton, 2003) by focusing on the materiality of energy through production, circulation, and consumption.…”

Section: Theoretical Ponderings a Systems Approachmentioning

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“…We argue that the explanatory power of a socio-technical perspective is enhanced by an understanding of the means by which networks that comprise both the human and the nonhuman can be analyzed as assemblages of relational agency (Deleuze and Guattari, 1980;Galvin, 2009;Serres, 1995a;Bennett, 2005Bennett, , 2010Latour, 2005). The hybrid assemblage is a strong challenger to the insipid and failed position that separates technology from society, and human from non-human (Latour, 1993;Strathern, 1996, p. 521).…”

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Pandora’s box: Photovoltaic energy and economic crisis in Greece

Knight

Bell

2013

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. The Greek photovoltaic program was launched in 2006 and rebranded in 2011 as a way to repay debt and decrease national deficit. The scheme promotes new livelihood opportunities on all levels, from micro-scale home installations to macro-scale solar parks producing energy for international export. Offering potential economic stability to a nation at the fore of global neoliberal crisis, solar energy also presents an alternative to petroleum and lignite that currently dominate the energy sector. However, there are many hesitations and conflicting rhetorics surrounding the photovoltaic drive. Its success or failure as a sustainable economic pathway lies as much in understanding local nuances of social relations and historical consciousness as in governmental policy. This paper presents the findings from preliminary research that aims to "scale" all levels of the Greek photovoltaic experience and raises questions of energy policy, neoliberal rationale, and the relationship between local and global socioeconomic systems. It considers the everyday cultural complexities of implementing energy policy and assesses the contribution of an ethnographic approach to interdisciplinary energy research.

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Section: Theoretical Ponderings a Systems Approachmentioning

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Pandora’s box: Photovoltaic energy and economic crisis in Greece

Knight

Bell

2013

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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“…Our use of Latour here is, in one sense, a shorthand for this body of thought. For elaboration, see the conversations between Serres and Latour (1995).…”

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Radical Democracy's ‘Modern Constitution’

Braun¹,

Disch²

2002

Environ Plan D

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“…This does not sit well with experts in their respective fields, denoted by an agreed (institutionalised) toolset. By reading Serres we see that temporal distance does not matter; all authors should be treated as our contemporaries (Serres, 1995a). Consequently, Serres is accused of being a dabbler, an isolated thinker (Dale and Adamson, 1998-99).…”

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“…In conversation with Latour, Serres (1995a) questions the ascendancy of concepts above prepositions. Psychology and cognitive science have produced a wealth of research (Rosch, 1981) built using concepts as the fundamental unit.…”

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Exploring Serres' Atlas, Hodges' Knowledge Domains and the Fusion of Informatics and Cultural Horizons

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Social Information Technology

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This chapter explores the extent to which selected writings of French philosopher Michel Serres and a health care model created by Brian Hodges in the UK can augment and inform the development of social informatics. The volume of Serres’ output contrasts markedly with work devoted to Hodges’ Health Career - Care Domains - Model. Since the concept of health is universal culturally, and informatics disciplines are emerging fields of practice characterised by indistinct boundaries in terms of theory, policy, and practice, various ethnographic and cultural associations will be made. Placing Hodges’ model and Serres’ work together is not intended to suggest direct equivalence, other than the common themes this author intends to bring to the attention of the social informatics community. Central to this is the notion of holistic bandwidth, utilising Hodges’ model as a tool to develop and disseminate sociotechnical perspectives.

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Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time

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Pandora’s box: Photovoltaic energy and economic crisis in Greece

Pandora’s box: Photovoltaic energy and economic crisis in Greece

Radical Democracy's ‘Modern Constitution’

Exploring Serres' Atlas, Hodges' Knowledge Domains and the Fusion of Informatics and Cultural Horizons

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