Silvia Pergetti
Biographic Data
| ID | 217232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silvia Pergetti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Pergetti |
| SIGNATURE | PERGETTI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9588-4720 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tongue, tape, and time
In forest-fringe areas of India's Sundarbans, young men at the intersection of low caste and class become invested in electrical repair and maintenance work - as a gendering practice that enacts a specific logic of care. This work takes embodied knowledge (tongue), thoughtful improvisation (tape), and lifelong commitment (time) to fragile things and people in need. Tongue, tape, and time make the difference between good and bad care - between goo…
Sustainability is not a thing
The work it takes to operate and maintain energy systems is essential yet often missing from public and scholarly discourses on energy transitions. Such discourses often reduce sustainability to a property of energy sources and/or technologies, thereby discounting the hard work it takes to sustain energy systems in the long term. Building on insights from feminist theory, the paper conceptualizes this work as care work – key to the reproduction o…
Tongue, tape, and time
In forest-fringe areas of India's Sundarbans, young men at the intersection of low caste and class become invested in electrical repair and maintenance work - as a gendering practice that enacts a specific logic of care. This work takes embodied knowledge (tongue), thoughtful improvisation (tape), and lifelong commitment (time) to fragile things and people in need. Tongue, tape, and time make the difference between good and bad care - between goo…
Sustainability is not a thing
The work it takes to operate and maintain energy systems is essential yet often missing from public and scholarly discourses on energy transitions. Such discourses often reduce sustainability to a property of energy sources and/or technologies, thereby discounting the hard work it takes to sustain energy systems in the long term. Building on insights from feminist theory, the paper conceptualizes this work as care work – key to the reproduction o…
Tongue, tape, and time
In forest-fringe areas of India's Sundarbans, young men at the intersection of low caste and class become invested in electrical repair and maintenance work - as a gendering practice that enacts a specific logic of care. This work takes embodied knowledge (tongue), thoughtful improvisation (tape), and lifelong commitment (time) to fragile things and people in need. Tongue, tape, and time make the difference between good and bad care - between goo…
Engineering (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 works) · Work (physics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Caste (1 work) · Citizen journalism (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)