Material Participation: Technology, the Environment and Everyday Publics [electronic resource] /
Marres, N.author.
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 methods for analyzing the relations between participation, innovation and the environment.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of FiguresAcknowledgements PrefaceObjects of ParticipationThe (Dis)invention of the Material Public: Returns to American PragmatismDevising Engagement: Everyday Carbon Accounting and the Cost of InvolvementLiving Experiments: A "Coming Out" for the Politics of Things The Ecohome as Multifarious Instrument: Engagement, Innovation, ChangeRe-distributing Problems of ParticipationNotesBibliographyIndex.
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 methods for analyzing the relations between participation, innovation and the environment.
Environmental policy.
Public policy.
Sociology.
Environmental sociology.
Political science.
Human rights.
Environmental Politics.
Public Policy.
Sociology, general.
Environmental Sociology.
Political Science.
Human Rights.