Tanja Winther
Biographic Data
| ID | 231463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tanja Winther |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tanja |
| FAMILY NAME | Winther |
| SIGNATURE | WINTHER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9527-6063 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The dynamics of solar prosuming
In the light of what we cannot see
In this paper we quantify gendered decision-making patterns regarding electricity access, light and appliances in selected rural contexts in Mahadevsthan (Nepal), Homa Bay (Kenya) and Chhattisgarh (India). In the literature, decision-making in electricity has primarily been studied through case studies and qualitative methods. By quantifying some of the gendered patterns in this field, we first seek to document and compare the situation in select…
Solar powered electricity access
This paper examines the gendered implications of various types of electricity access in rural Kenya spanning from the central grid to solar-based systems such as community projects, village scale supply and private solar home systems (SHS). Drawing on material collected in Homa Bay and Kitui counties in 2016, the paper examines the gendered setup, organisation and effects of solarpowered electricity access as compared with the central grid. The p…
Pathways to electricity for all
Women’s empowerment through electricity access
This article reviews the empirical literature on women’s empowerment through electricity access and the methodologies that have been used. Statistical studies have looked at areas with access to the grid and measured the impact on welfare indicators and employment. Qualitatively oriented studies have looked at various types of supply and studied how electricity access in a given context has influenced women and men in everyday life, sometimes foc…
Domesticating In Home Displays in Selected British and Norwegian Households
The paper uses qualitative data from Norway and the United Kingdom to understand the new technology of In Home Display monitors as a material object loaded with meaning and norms that may affect social practices and relations. The displays are designed to encourage householders to reduce electricity consumption. In contrast to technologies associated with ‘smart meters’, the monitors under study cannot be used for controlling or automatising vari…
Empowerment Through Energy? Impact of Electricity on Care Work Practices and Gender Relations
Electricity provides a range of desirable services such as the electric light and the use of mobile phones and is regarded as a conditional factor for economic growth. Gender equality and women's empowerment are also promoted as a key to development on the international agenda. However, relatively little is known about how the advent of electricity in new contexts affects gender relations. The present analysis of electricity's impact on gender re…
Village-level solar power in Africa
Tentacles of Modernity
Les rapports entre État et citoyens à Zanzibar
Cet article explore les relations, à Zanzibar, entre l'État et ses citoyens en procédant à un examen attentif de la question de l'électricité à différentes époques. Du point de vue historique, l'enjeu de l'électricité a relevé de visions étatiques contrastées de Zanzibar et de sa population. La relation à l'État électrificateur des populations rurales, qui n'ont obtenu l'accès à l'électricité que récemment, est elle aussi animée de logiques parti…
Tentacles of Modernity
Solar powered electricity access
This paper examines the gendered implications of various types of electricity access in rural Kenya spanning from the central grid to solar-based systems such as community projects, village scale supply and private solar home systems (SHS). Drawing on material collected in Homa Bay and Kitui counties in 2016, the paper examines the gendered setup, organisation and effects of solarpowered electricity access as compared with the central grid. The p…
Empowerment Through Energy? Impact of Electricity on Care Work Practices and Gender Relations
Electricity provides a range of desirable services such as the electric light and the use of mobile phones and is regarded as a conditional factor for economic growth. Gender equality and women's empowerment are also promoted as a key to development on the international agenda. However, relatively little is known about how the advent of electricity in new contexts affects gender relations. The present analysis of electricity's impact on gender re…
Pathways to electricity for all
Village-level solar power in Africa
The dynamics of solar prosuming
In the light of what we cannot see
In this paper we quantify gendered decision-making patterns regarding electricity access, light and appliances in selected rural contexts in Mahadevsthan (Nepal), Homa Bay (Kenya) and Chhattisgarh (India). In the literature, decision-making in electricity has primarily been studied through case studies and qualitative methods. By quantifying some of the gendered patterns in this field, we first seek to document and compare the situation in select…
Les rapports entre État et citoyens à Zanzibar
Cet article explore les relations, à Zanzibar, entre l'État et ses citoyens en procédant à un examen attentif de la question de l'électricité à différentes époques. Du point de vue historique, l'enjeu de l'électricité a relevé de visions étatiques contrastées de Zanzibar et de sa population. La relation à l'État électrificateur des populations rurales, qui n'ont obtenu l'accès à l'électricité que récemment, est elle aussi animée de logiques parti…
Village-level solar power in Africa
Tentacles of Modernity
Empowerment Through Energy? Impact of Electricity on Care Work Practices and Gender Relations
Electricity provides a range of desirable services such as the electric light and the use of mobile phones and is regarded as a conditional factor for economic growth. Gender equality and women's empowerment are also promoted as a key to development on the international agenda. However, relatively little is known about how the advent of electricity in new contexts affects gender relations. The present analysis of electricity's impact on gender re…
Women’s empowerment through electricity access
This article reviews the empirical literature on women’s empowerment through electricity access and the methodologies that have been used. Statistical studies have looked at areas with access to the grid and measured the impact on welfare indicators and employment. Qualitatively oriented studies have looked at various types of supply and studied how electricity access in a given context has influenced women and men in everyday life, sometimes foc…
Domesticating In Home Displays in Selected British and Norwegian Households
The paper uses qualitative data from Norway and the United Kingdom to understand the new technology of In Home Display monitors as a material object loaded with meaning and norms that may affect social practices and relations. The displays are designed to encourage householders to reduce electricity consumption. In contrast to technologies associated with ‘smart meters’, the monitors under study cannot be used for controlling or automatising vari…
Solar powered electricity access
This paper examines the gendered implications of various types of electricity access in rural Kenya spanning from the central grid to solar-based systems such as community projects, village scale supply and private solar home systems (SHS). Drawing on material collected in Homa Bay and Kitui counties in 2016, the paper examines the gendered setup, organisation and effects of solarpowered electricity access as compared with the central grid. The p…
Pathways to electricity for all
In the light of what we cannot see
In this paper we quantify gendered decision-making patterns regarding electricity access, light and appliances in selected rural contexts in Mahadevsthan (Nepal), Homa Bay (Kenya) and Chhattisgarh (India). In the literature, decision-making in electricity has primarily been studied through case studies and qualitative methods. By quantifying some of the gendered patterns in this field, we first seek to document and compare the situation in select…
The dynamics of solar prosuming
Business (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Electricity (6 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Empowerment (4 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (4 works)