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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laura Watts (Associate Professor, University of Edinburgh) , Geoffrey C. Bowker (Professor and Director, VID Laboratory, University of California, Irvine) , Paul N. Edwards (Professor, University Of Michigan)Publisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 20.30cm ISBN: 9780262038898ISBN 10: 0262038897 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 15 January 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsTells the intriguing tale of how Orcadians have begun to create their own low-carbon future against incredible odds and with only a little help from the mainland. -Observer The greatest contribution of Watts's book, and it is a striking one, is that the Orcadian idiom for talking about energy infrastructures is guided largely by thinking about relationships - and relationships necessarily involve pasts, presents and futures. -Times Literary Supplement Innovation and perseverance are two of the most important qualities that Dr. Laura Watts identifies as the driving forces behind the renewable energy revolution taking place in the Orkney Islands. The Scottish archipelago is on the leading edge of the world's energy future and as Dr. Watts explores in her recent book, Energy At The End Of The World, the projects taking place in Orkney are at the cutting-edge of technology. -Forbes Tells the intriguing tale of how Orcadians have begun to create their own low-carbon future against incredible odds and with only a little help from the mainland. -Observer Tells the intriguing tale of how Orcadians have begun to create their own low-carbon future against incredible odds and with only a little help from the mainland. -Observer The greatest contribution of Watts's book, and it is a striking one, is that the Orcadian idiom for talking about energy infrastructures is guided largely by thinking about relationships - and relationships necessarily involve pasts, presents and futures. -Times Literary Supplement Author Information"Laura Watts is a poet, writer, ethnographer of futures, and Interdisciplinary Senior Lecturer in Energy and Society in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. As a science and technology studies scholar she has explored the effect of ""edge"" landscapes on how thefuture is imagined and made.She is coauthor ofEbban an' Flowan, the world's first poetic primer formarine renewable energy, and in 2017 shewon the International Cultural Innovation Prize with the ReconstrainedDesign Group for acommunity-built energy storage device designed fromscrap." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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