Energy use as skilled process
Gardeners and wind in highland Scotland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7640535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Senior (Recently completed her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Her thesis examined forms of power present in human relationships with environments in the far north of Scotland. Louise currently lives on a croft in the Scottish Highlands and works in community development., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 3-7 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8322.12264 |
| OpenAlex | W2495074291 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
Using everyday human encounters with the wind as a starting point for exploring ideas about energy, I argue that human experiences of energy are not experiences of a ‘thing‐in‐itself’, but emerge through a skilled process. Following Rupp (2013), who states that success is achieved through managing flows of energy, I discuss how people become proficient at managing wind flow in relation to specific tasks and places and what this process entails for them. I advance the notion that wind energy can be understood both as an influence that mediates action and as subject to influence by actions, creating an emerging point of continual negotiation. People become skilled at managing energetic flows in order to obtain desired results
Business · Negotiation · Physics · Social science · Sociology · Wind power · Computer Science · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Mathematics · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |