Exploring the mundane: Towards an ethnographic approach to bioenergy
Exploring the mundane: Towards an ethnographic approach to bioenergy
复制标题
DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.024
复制
发表时间：
2017-08-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Dove, Michael R.
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Chatti, Deepti;Archer, Matthew;Dove, Michael R.
本文介绍了“世俗生物能源”的概念，这是人类社会利用的最大的可再生能源。虽然“可再生能源”一词让人联想到太阳能电池板和风力涡轮机，但大多数可再生能源的使用形式不同。这种“平凡”的、基本上看不见的能源使用形式是家庭在炉灶中燃烧木材、粪便、木炭和作物残渣以满足其生存需求。我们呼吁更多的能源人种学家与世俗的能源问题作斗争，并加强这一虽小但不断发展的学术领域。有限的民族志学术对世俗的能源问题导致了对主题观点的部分理解和失败的发展倡议。通过分享我们正在进行的关于普通生物能源的人种学研究的见解，我们展示了将这些见解与能源研究中的研究对话的价值。
This article introduces the concept of 'mundane bioenergy', the largest source of renewable energy utilized by human society. While the term 'renewable energy' evokes images of solar panels and wind turbines, most renewable energy is used in a different form. This 'mundane' and largely invisible form of energy use takes place when families burn wood, dung, charcoal, and crop residue in cookstoves for their subsistence needs. We call on more energy ethnographers to grapple with mundane energy issues and strengthen this small but growing field of scholarship. Limited ethnographic scholarship on mundane energy issues leads to a partial understanding of emic perspectives and failed development initiatives. By sharing insights from our ongoing ethnographic research on mundane bioenergy, we demonstrate the value of bringing such insights into conversation with research in energy studies.