Carlos Tornel carlos.a.tornel@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Decolonizing energy justice from the ground up: Political ecology, ontology, and energy landscapes
Tornel, Carlos
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Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to expand the concept of energy justice by considering the struggles over coloniality and cultural identity in the Global South and their interactions with the spatial and historical development of energy systems and the ongoing forms of energy transitions. The article argues that the current conceptualizations of energy justice cannot be separated from the politics of incumbency as, without a decolonial critique, they tend to reproduce rather than transform hegemonic power relations. To be transformative, energy justice must be articulated from the politics of actually existing unsustainability. In other words, the starting position for energy justice must be that energy injustices are already embedded in existing energy systems and energy policies. Drawing on Latin-American decolonial thought, and the work of political ecologists around energy, this article advocates looking beyond a universalized conception of justice towards an approach where justice is based on a sense of place and is informed by the community’s relationship with the land. Using the concept of energy landscapes, the article puts forth an alternative way of understanding energy systems and conceptualizations of justice in decolonial settings.
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Tornel, C. (2023). Decolonizing energy justice from the ground up: Political ecology, ontology, and energy landscapes. Progress in Human Geography, 47(1), 43-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221132561
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 24, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 10, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2023-02 |
Deposit Date | Dec 13, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2023 |
Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
Print ISSN | 0309-1325 |
Electronic ISSN | 1477-0288 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 47 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 43-65 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221132561 |
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