Material participation : technology, the environment and everyday publics /
"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...
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Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
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- 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.