Energy materiality: A conceptual review of multi-disciplinary approaches

New energy spaces: Towards a geographical political economy of energy transition

“…In Table 1, geographical political economy transforms a set of essentialist categories into socio-spatial processes that are uneven, dynamic and contested over time and space. Table 1 is informed by the preliminary framework outlined in this Editorial and by recent work conceptualizing the geographies and dynamics of energy transitions (Balmaceda et al., 2019; Becker et al., 2016; Bridge et al., 2013, 2018; Gailing et al., 2019; Labussière and Nadaï, 2018). We intend Table 1 to be read across rather than down.…”

Culture and low-carbon energy transitions

“…Rather than considering culture as the primary result of either agency or structure, we view it as the mechanism that mediates between agency and structure, with the materiality of energy systems or infrastructure shaping this mediation. 13 Moreover, the 66 approach differs from pure practice theory, which takes as the unit of analysis interrelated 67 human, material and discursive elements of practice (e.g. bathing, cleaning, cooking) 14 15 .…”

Democratizing Energy, Energizing Democracy: Central Dimensions Surfacing in the Debate

“…Particularly, the social scientific study of energy has enabled us to delve deeper into questions of how energy infrastructures are imagined, why they are designed the way they are and how they operate at multiple temporal and spatial scales. Meanwhile such inquiries also inspire further ones such as: who is benefitting from these vital energy flows; and how an object-focused inquiry into assemblages, political economy, and socio-technical shifts can improve our understanding of this "productively chaotic" field (Bridge et al, 2018b;Balmaceda et al, 2019).…”