Communities of Energy

Campbell, B.; Cloke, J.; Brown, E.

doi:10.1002/sea2.12050

Communities of Energy

Campbell, B.; Cloke, J.; Brown, E.

Authors

Dr Ben Campbell ben.campbell@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

J. Cloke

E. Brown

Abstract

The call for social science to engage with energy infrastructures and users to enable low-carbon transitions that benefit the poor in the Global South is welcome, but its urgency risks epistemic distortion. The theme of “community” in the social studies of energy needs critical reflection, disambiguation, and interrogation with empirical case studies. This article explores dimensions of assumed homogeneity at local scales. In attending to similarities and difference in comparisons between case studies in Nicaragua and Nepal, the authors propose that a framework for understanding communities of interest and practice can be identified in selective resistance to and appropriation of energy technologies that highlight positions of marginality and common purpose in emerging social energy systems.

Citation

Campbell, B., Cloke, J., & Brown, E. (2016). Communities of Energy. Economic Anthropology, 3(1), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12050

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 29, 2015
Online Publication Date	Jan 27, 2016
Publication Date	Jan 27, 2016
Deposit Date	Mar 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Mar 23, 2016
Journal	Economic Anthropology
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	3
Issue	1
Pages	133-144
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12050

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© 2016 by the American Anthropological Association. This is the accepted version of the following article: Campbell, B., Cloke, J. and Brown, E. (2016), Communities of energy. Economic Anthropology, 3(1): 133-144, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12050. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.