Material Participation Technology, the Environment and Everyday Publ
This book develops a fresh perspective on everyday forms of engagement, one that foregrounds the role of objects, technologies and settings in democracy. Examining a range of devices, from smart meters to eco-homes, the book sets out new concepts and meth
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Material Participation Technology, the Environment and Everyday Publics
Noortje Marres Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Palgrave
macmillan
© Noortje Marres 2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-23211-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries
ISBN 978-1-137-02966-9 (eBook)
ISBN 978-1-349-31249-8 DOI 10.1057/9781137029669
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10
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Contents List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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Participation as if Things Mattered
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The Invention of Material Publics: Returns to American Pragmatism
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Engaging Devices: Everyday Carbon Accounting and the Cost of Involvement
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Sustainable Living Experiments or a ‘Coming Out’ for the Politics of Things
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Ecoshowhomes and the Material Politics of Experimental Variation
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Re-distributing Problems of Participation
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Figures 1.1
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Market segmentation report for ‘DIY Planet Repairs’, an environmental awareness campaign by the Mayor of London, HenleyCentre HeadlightVision, now The Futures Company, February 2007 ‘Tea, Arduino and Dynamic Demand’, Chris Adams and James Gardner, 24 April 2009
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Insulation display, Sigma Ecohouse II, BRE Innovation Park, Watford, July 2007
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‘Site Progress’, Victorian conversion, Hackney,
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