Dwelling in Resistance
Subtitle: Living with Alternative Technologies in America
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Aug 02, 2017
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780813586502
Description: Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities—“The Farm,” “Twin Oaks,” “Dancing Rabbit,” and “Earthships”—where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans. Schelly portrays a wide range of residential living alternatives utilizing renewable, small-scale, de-centralized technologies. These technologies considerably change how individuals and communities interact with the material world, their natural environment, and one another. Using in depth interviews and compelling ethnographic observations, the book offers an insightful look at different communities’ practices and principles and their successful endeavors in sustainability and self-sufficiency. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Source title: Dwelling in Resistance: Living with Alternative Technologies in America (Nature, Society, and Culture)