From Foucauldian Biopower to Energopower and Infopower: An Interview with Dominic Boyer and Colin Koopman

Kirsten  Hasberg; Dominic Boyer; Colin Koopman

doi:10.13095/uzh.fsw.fb.246

From Foucauldian Biopower to Energopower and Infopower: An Interview with Dominic Boyer and Colin Koopman

Kirsten Hasberg (Producer), Dominic Boyer (Other), Colin Koopman (Other)

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Abstract

Kirsten Hasberg talks to Dominic Boyer, anthropologist and author of Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the Anthroprocene, and to Colin Koopman, philosopher and author of How We Became our Data: A Genealogy of the Informational Person. Their books published in mid-2019 put forward novel conceptualizations of Foucauldian biopower, which they term infopower and energopower, respectively. Criss-crossing between philosophical conceptualizations and concrete problems like the struggles of renewable energy communities (Boyer) and the influence of economic thinking on datafication (Koopman), the conversations show how Foucauldian concepts are relevant to today's power struggles inherent to the energy transition and the digital transformation.

Original language	English
Publication date	22 Nov 2019
Place of Publication	Universität Zürich
Media of output	Podcast
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13095/uzh.fsw.fb.246
Publication status	Published - 22 Nov 2019

Keywords

energopower
infopower
energy anthropology
ethnography
energy humanities
philosophy
information systems
energy systems
digitization
surveillance capitalism
energy democracy
data democracy

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1 Conference presentations
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Data for power and power over data. Über die Macht der Informationssysteme in der Energiewende
Kirsten Sophie Hasberg (Speaker)
5 Dec 2019
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Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys)
Kirsten Sophie Hasberg (Visiting researcher)
1 Sept 2018 → 30 Apr 2019
Activity: Visiting another research institution

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From Foucauldian Biopower to Infopower and Energopower: A Review of Colin Koopman's and Dominic Boyer's Novel Conceptualizations of Power
Hasberg, K. S., 27 Nov 2019, In: Le foucaldien. 5(1), 7, p. 1-16 16 p.
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From Foucauldian Biopower to Energopower and Infopower: An Interview with Dominic Boyer and Colin Koopman

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Data for power and power over data. Über die Macht der Informationssysteme in der Energiewende

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From Foucauldian Biopower to Infopower and Energopower: A Review of Colin Koopman's and Dominic Boyer's Novel Conceptualizations of Power

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