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The Effect of Unarticulated Identities and Values on Energy Policy
The Effect of Unarticulated Identities and Values on Energy Policy
The enthusiasm for renewable energy in the rural Midwest of the United States reveals valuable insights about people’s interactions with technology. This chapter argues that unarticulated identities held by technological users affect the outcome of energy transitions. Discourse analysis of farmers, policymakers, and business leaders demonstrates that unexpressed identities underlie rational arguments offered to justify the acceptance or rejection of energy technologies.
Joshua T. Brinkman and Richard F. Hirsh, “Welcoming Wind Turbines and the PIMBY (‘Please in My Backyard’) Phenomenon: The Culture of the Machine in the Rural American Midwest,” Technology and Culture 58, no. 2 (2017): 335-367.
Joshua T. Brinkman and Richard F. Hirsh, “Welcoming Wind Turbines and the PIMBY (‘Please in My Backyard’) Phenomenon: The Culture of the Machine in the Rural American Midwest,” Technology and Culture 58, no. 2 (2017): 335-367.
This article argues that farmers’ welcoming of wind turbines in rural landscapes of the American Midwest is only a recent expression of an ultramodern rural identity. The article suggests that one factor impacting the growth of clean energy technologies is how they fit into historically-formed discourses and identities.
Joshua T. Brinkman, "'Thinking like a lawyer' in an uncertain world: The politics of climate, law and risk governance in the United States," Energy Research & Social Science 34 (2017): 104-121.
Joshua T. Brinkman, "'Thinking like a lawyer' in an uncertain world: The politics of climate, law and risk governance in the United States," Energy Research & Social Science 34 (2017): 104-121.
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