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Power

Fall 2019

Edited by Nicholas Pevzner & Stephanie Carlisle

Infrastructure is always political, and energy transitions have always been contested, pitting established players against upstart technologies and new coalitions. How can a radical reimagining of energy infrastructure create opportunities for an inclusive and participatory conversation about climate change and social justice? Who has the power to talk about infrastructure, and who gets left out?
Introduction: Power
Nicholas Pevzner & Stephanie Carlisle
Community Power As Provocation: Local Control For Resilience And Equity
José Juan Terrasa-Soler and Daniela Lloveras-Marxuach
Our Energy For Our Country
Arturo Massol-Deyá
Speculative Designs For Energy Democracy
Nicholas Pevzner
The TVA, Fuzzy Spaces Of Power, And Other Purposes
Micah Rutenberg
The Missouri River Basin: Water, Power, Decolonization, And Design
Kees Lokman
Power Plant Power
Salvador Lindquist and Eric Minton
Arctic Present: The Case Of Teriberka
Viktoria Khokhlova
Coal Ash Wastescapes: The Byproduct Of Our Coal-Fired Power Dependency
Lauren Delbridge
Biomass For All: Designing An Inclusive Biomass Infrastructure
Julie Marin, Charlotte Timmers and Bruno De Meulder
China’s Giant Transmission Grid Could Be The Key To Cutting Climate Emissions
James Temple
2050 – An Energetic Odyssey: Persuasion By Collective Immersion
Dirk Sijmons and Maarten Hajer
The Blue Lagoon: From Waste Commons To Landscape Commodity
Catherine De Almeida
Territory Of Extraction: The Crude North
Michael W. Smith
Daylighting Conflict: Board Games As Decision-Making Tools
Janette Kim

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