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Infrastructures in Practice

The Dynamics of Demand in Networked Societies
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
236 Seiten
Englisch
Taylor & Franciserschienen am21.09.2018
Infrastructures in practice shows how infrastructures and daily life shape each other. Power grids, roads and broadband make modern lifestyles possible - at the same time, their design and day-to-day operation depends on what people do at home and at work.mehr
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KlappentextInfrastructures in practice shows how infrastructures and daily life shape each other. Power grids, roads and broadband make modern lifestyles possible - at the same time, their design and day-to-day operation depends on what people do at home and at work.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-138-47616-5
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum21.09.2018
Seiten236 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 173 mm, Höhe 243 mm, Dicke 15 mm
Gewicht436 g
Artikel-Nr.48286974

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I: Evolving Infrastructures 1. Introduction, Elizabeth Shove, Frank Trentmann and Matt Watson 2. Infrastructures, Practices and the Dynamics of Demand, Olivier Coutard and Elizabeth Shove Part II: Varieties of Infrastructures 3. Wires, Conor Harrison 4. Situating Electrification: Examples of Infrastructure-Practice Dynamics from Thailand and Laos, Mattijs Smits 5. Chopping, Stacking and Burning Wood: Rhythms and Variations in Provision, Jenny Rinkinen 6. Self-Sufficiency in Architectural and Urban Projects: Toward Small-Pipe Engineering?, Fanny Lopez Part III: Standards, Planning, Adaptation 7. The Office: How Standards Define Normal´ Design Practices and Work Infrastructures, Noel Cass, James Faulconbridge and John Connaughton, 8. The Construction of Central Heating in Britain, Anna Carlsson-Hyslop 9. District Heating in Belgrade: The Politics of Provision, Charlotte Johnson 10. Unleashing the Internet: The Normalisation of Wireless Connectivity, Janine Morley 11. Making Space for the Car at Home: Planning, Priorities and Practices, Nicola Spurling Part IV: Drawing Boundaries and Managing Networks: State, Market and Designers 12. Contentious Interfaces: Exploring the Junction between Collective Provision and Individual Consumption, Catherine Grandclément, Magali Pierre, Elizabeth Shove and Alain Nadaï 13. The French Electricity Smart Meter: Reconfiguring Consumers and Providers, Aude Danieli Part V: Steering, Managing and Disrupting Demand 14. Co-Constituting Supply and Demand: Managing Electricity in Two Neighbouring Control Rooms, Antti Silvast 15. Prices as Instruments of Demand Management: Interpreting the Signals, Yolande Strengers 16. Disruption in and across Time, Heather Chappells and Frank Trentmann, 17. Infrastructures in Practice: Implications for the Future, Elizabeth Shove, Matt Watson and Frank Trentmannmehr

Autor

Elizabeth Shove is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University and Principal Investigator of the DEMAND Centre (Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand), funded by the Research Councils UK. She has written about the dynamics of social practice, infrastructures, material culture and consumption including The Dynamics of Social Practice: everyday life and how it changes with Mika Pantzar and Matt Watson (Sage, 2012) and The Nexus of practices: connections, constellations and practitioners, edited with Allison Hui and Theodore Schatzki (Routledge, 2017).

Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and also at the Consumer Society Research Centre, University of Helsinki. He was the Principal Investigator (PI) of the 'Material Cultures of Energy' project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK and is also a member of the research centre DEMAND. His latest book is Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First (Penguin, 2016) with several foreign translations.