Community knowledge networks: an action-orientated approach to energy research
Community knowledge networks: an action-orientated approach to energy research
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DOI：
10.1080/13549839.2012.748729
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Ross, Simon
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作者：
Catney, Philip;Dobson, Andrew;Ross, Simon
《2008年气候变化法》承诺，到2050年，英国的碳排放量将比1990年减少80%。由于家庭排放量占英国目前能源使用总量的四分之一以上，家庭能源实践受到了越来越多的政策关注。在本文中，我们认为，英国政府的做法是建立在方法论的个人主义，假设提供更多的能源信息，以个人将影响行为改变能源使用的一个变种。这种办法的效力可能有限，而且没有适当承认所有受能源政策影响的人。与这种方法相反，我们提出了一种替代的观点，即社区知识网络方法，以认识到人们生活和使用能源的背景和关系。这样的方法强调的知识和实践，以获得更好地了解个人和社区如何使用能源，但更重要的是，提供了一种手段，为不同的社会群体提供更大的道德正义。
The Climate Change Act 2008 commits the UK to reducing carbon emissions by 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. With household emissions constituting more than a quarter of current total energy use in the UK, energy practices in the home have taken on increased policy attention. In this paper, we argue that the UK government's approach is founded upon a variant of methodological individualism that assumes that providing greater energy information to individuals will effect behaviour change in relation to energy use. Such an approach is potentially limited in its effectiveness and does not afford appropriate recognition to all those affected by energy policy. In contrast to this approach, we set out an alternative perspective, a community knowledge networks approach to energy and justice which recognises the contexts and relationships in which people live and use energy. Such an approach emphasises situated knowledge and practices in order to gain a greater understanding of how individuals and communities use energy, but, importantly, offers a means for affording greater recognitional justice to different social groups.