Designing anthropological reflection within an energy company

Løgstrup, Louise Buch; Nelson-Burk, Maren Melissa; Moshleh, Wafa Said; Gunn, Wendy

doi:10.1111/j.1559-8918.2013.00011.x

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“…Here it is important to remember emphasis is placed upon an understanding of human behaviour based on behavioural psychology. Similar conceptions are reported from engineering practices concerned with users within the energy sector (Løgstrup et al, 2013).…”

Section: Challenging Model Based Research Practicessupporting

confidence: 72%

From the Social Shaping of Technology to the Staging of Temporary Spaces of Innovation − A Case of Participatory Innovation

Clausen¹,

Gunn

2015

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This paper addresses recent developments within the social shaping perspective, specifically the forward-looking and political dimensions of intervening in processes of innovation. With a focus on the concept of ‘temporary spaces’ as an analytical framework we present a study of a case on participatory innovation concerned with indoor climate practices in the building sector. Based on an analysis of the travel and uptake of narratives derived from fi eld studies in industrial and research environments, we discuss the role of intermediaries such as ethnographic provocations concerning user practices in the staging of these temporary spaces. While the direct uptake of qualitative knowledge on user practice in the engineering worlds of indoor climate is limited, the paper highlights the role of staging temporary spaces and intermediary objects in collaboration with stakeholders as a way of reframing conceptions of indoor climate practices.

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Section: Challenging Model Based Research Practicessupporting

confidence: 72%

From the Social Shaping of Technology to the Staging of Temporary Spaces of Innovation − A Case of Participatory Innovation

Clausen¹,

Gunn

2015

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“…Other studies have found that family members can get in the way of flexing energy demand, in particular where the husband or father of the household consents, but their wives and children undermine their efforts or come into conflict with the strategies they use [36].…”

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confidence: 99%

Is demand side response a woman's work? Domestic labour and electricity shifting in low income homes in the United Kingdom

Johnson

2020

Energy Research & Social Science

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This paper discusses a utility-led research project which piloted smart meters and DSR products (a time of use tariff and a critical peak rebate scheme) with 500 low income households in London. As households set about the task of adjusting their electricity use in response to shifting prompts, they revealed the importance of managing domestic labour to generate value from DSR products and the role of women in carrying this out. The experience is at odds with the smart future more typically imagined in which chore-doing is handed over to feminized AI assistants who orchestrate IoT appliances to create comfort and capture value. Strengers has cautioned against constructing a smart future to serve 'Resource Man'. Drawing on trial participants' experiences, the paper develops the concept of 'Flexibility Woman' in order to bring the realities of domestic labour more sharply into focus. The paper argues that chore-doing needs to become a narrative in the smart future to understand the burdens and opportunities for 'Flexibility Woman' to create value from her labour. It suggests that women unable to afford a surrogate AI wife may find themselves becoming 'Flexibility Woman' or else excluded from accessing the cheaper, greener electricity of the future. It also suggests that ignoring gender risks undermining the impacts that policy makers and network operators hope to achieve through DSR.The paper makes a unique contribution to our understanding of how DSR relates to gender roles and what the implications are for the effectiveness and inclusivity of flexibility products.

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“…Moreover, it is not obvious whether companies in the electricity market would welcome user innovations, as resistance to innovation within corporations is a well‐known phenomenon (Lilien et al , ), and energy companies have been found to be particularly hesitant about value cocreation together with consumers (Bonnemaizon and Batat, ; Løgstrup et al , ). Finally, it is not self‐evident that lead users can contribute to innovation involving social rather than private benefits (Schaltegger and Wagner, ) as is the case in the development of a smart, low‐carbon energy system.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework: Applying Lead User Theory To “Smart” Ementioning

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Consumers as innovators in the electricity sector? Consumer perceptions on smart grid services

Heiskanen

Matschoss

2016

Int J Consumer Studies

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This article assesses the possibilities of using consumer innovation in the electricity sector, which is slow-moving, yet faced with huge challenges and opportunities to become "smart" and "low carbon." We study the benefits of engaging innovative consumers ("lead users") in product, service, and business innovation in terms of (a) the capacity of lead user-consumers to innovate in the highly regulated electricity market, (b) the attractiveness of such lead-user generated ideas for mainstream consumers, (c) the usefulness of lead-user engagement for companies in the energy industry, and (d) the usefulness of lead user engagement for the necessary broader societal transition processes. We conclude that consumers can stimulate industry-wide innovation even in challenging contexts like "smart" and "low-carbon" solutions and the highly regulated energy industry. Lead user-consumers can also articulate societal and social responsibility concerns that are relevant for the entire market.

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Designing anthropological reflection within an energy company

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

From the Social Shaping of Technology to the Staging of Temporary Spaces of Innovation − A Case of Participatory Innovation

From the Social Shaping of Technology to the Staging of Temporary Spaces of Innovation − A Case of Participatory Innovation

Is demand side response a woman's work? Domestic labour and electricity shifting in low income homes in the United Kingdom

Consumers as innovators in the electricity sector? Consumer perceptions on smart grid services

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