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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 |
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Publication date | 22 Nov 2019 |
Place of Publication | Universität Zürich |
Media of output | Podcast |
DOIs | |
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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Data for power and power over data. Über die Macht der Informationssysteme in der Energiewende
Hasberg, K. S. (Speaker)
5 Dec 2019Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys)
Hasberg, K. S. (Visiting researcher)
1 Sept 2018 → 30 Apr 2019Activity: Visiting another research institution
Research output
- 1 Journal article
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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