Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to use the actor-network theory (ANT) lens to examine how socio-material conditions shape the deployment of, and controversies around, renewable energy technologies (RET). We use the ANT lens to unpack the construction of otherwise black-boxed concepts within the social acceptance (SA) literature. We do so through three empirical snapshots, inquiring into the black-boxed constructs of ‘landscapes’, ‘resources’ and ‘stakeholders’. By tracing the socio-material work required to assemble the three concepts, we reveal the underlying and often overlooked politics of black-boxed concepts. Illuminating the merits of utilising the relational and symmetrical socio-material ANT lens, we call for cross-fertilisation between the SA literature and ANT in order to address a much wider set of critical research questions in the SA literature.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A critical approach to the social acceptance of renewable energy infrastructures: Going beyond green growth and sustainability |
| Editors | Susana Batel , David Rudolph |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication date | 2021 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 105-121 |
| Chapter | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-73698-9, 978-3-030-73701-6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-73699-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
