Digitalization and Energy
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Our society relies on oil, and those who control it hold power over us. In Carbon Democracy, Mitchell shows how fossil fuels shaped both the rise and limits of democracy. He also argues that democracy is tied to energy infrastructures and that modern industrialized states depend on oil for their political and economic systems.
Timothy Mitchell - Carbon Democracy_ Political Power in the Age of Oil-Verso (2011).pdfArt, energy, and technology: the Solarpunk Movement explores how solarpunk science fiction critiques current energy systems and imagines alternative, community-driven futures. Drawing on genres like cyberpunk and Afrofuturism, it challenges social and ecological injustices. The article examines solarpunk historically, literarily, and academically, highlighting the Solarpunk Manifesto as a guide for creating sustainable futures.
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