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

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

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

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