Taboos, toilets and biogas: Socio-technical pathways to acceptance of a sustainable household technology
Taboos, toilets and biogas: Socio-technical pathways to acceptance of a sustainable household technology
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DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2021.102448
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发表时间：
2021-12-20
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6.7
通讯作者：
Dickie，Jennifer
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作者：
Williams，Natalie Boyd;Quilliam，Richard S.;Dickie，Jennifer
沼气池连接的厌氧消化器（TLAD）可以为用户提供清洁的气体燃料和肥料产品，并提供废物管理服务。由于使用人类排泄物作为原料，对国内TLAD的社会文化抵制通常被认为是采用的有限障碍。然而，没有研究专门调查与TLAD相关的问题，与没有厕所连接的家用消化器相关的问题分开，因此，几乎没有尝试发现用户使用TLAD的动机。本文利用尼泊尔的定性数据，探讨了社会文化阻力如何影响TLAD的采用和随后的沼气使用，以及采用和过渡途径如何演变。我们认为，社会文化阻力是不是一个有限的障碍，通过和观察或审判TLAD的机会可以积极影响通过，特别是在老一代。技术问题影响了TLADs的使用超过了社会文化规范，我们讨论了社会技术因素如何共同发展，以影响TLADs的可持续采用和使用。种姓和性别没有被发现影响收养途径的领导或“冒险”的特点，具体收养。TLAD的采用可以在用户首次观察或试验TLAD的一年内发生;然而，尽管已经使用TLAD多年，但大多数用户仍然不使用沼气进行仪式烹饪。了解当地社会文化规范多样性的基层倡议可能是成功传播TLAD的必要条件。
Toilet-linked anaerobic digesters (TLADs) can provide users with a clean gaseous fuel and a fertiliser product as well as offer waste management services. Socio-cultural resistance towards domestic TLADs, due to the use of human excreta as a feedstock, is often articulated as a finite barrier to adoption. However, no research has specifically investigated the issues associated with TLADs separately from those associated with domestic digesters without toilet connections, consequently, there has been little attempt to discover what motivates users to use TLADs. Drawing on qualitative data from Nepal this paper explores how socio-cultural resistance impacts TLAD adoption and subsequent use of the biogas, and how adoption and transition pathways evolve. We argue that socio-cultural resistance is not a finite barrier to adoption and the opportunity to observe or trial a TLAD can positively influence adoption, especially amongst the older generations. Technical issues affected how TLADs were utilised more than socio-cultural norms and we discuss how socio-technical factors might co-evolve to influence sustainable adoption and use of TLADs. Caste and gender were not found to influence adoption pathways as much as the leadership or ‘risk-taking’ characteristics of specific adopters. Adoption of TLADs can occur within a year of a user first observing or trialling a TLAD; however, most users still do not use biogas for ritual cooking, despite having had a TLAD for many years. Grassroots initiatives that understand the diversity of localised socio-cultural norms will likely be imperative for successful TLAD dissemination.