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G.E. van Leeuwen

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Towards Design Fiction for Human-Centered Energy Transitions

Imagining Infrastructures and Worldbuilding

This article proposes to support human-centered energy transitions through design fiction. Design fiction is conceptualized as a form of worldbuilding in the sense that design fiction not only represents alternative realities but also intervenes in the processes of their emergenc ...

Design anthropology for ethics of care and emergence:

Reflections from an energy transition project

This paper describes a design anthropology approach toward design ethics, which understands design ethics in a relational and emergent manner. We characterize how ethical issues and judgments emerge from the continuous stream of social interactions, collaborations, and relations ...

Local Frictions in the Energy Transition

Design Anthropology for the Emergence of Energy Communities

Critical challenges in energy transitions are social and cultural – not just technical and economic. This paper shares research in an interdisciplinary consortium developing an innovative smart energy system, and demonstrates the value of ethnography in supporting energy transiti ...