Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition
The national implementation of electricity generation projects directly threatens the livelihoods of local and Indigenous communities in Latin America. Therefore, it is crucial to search for solutions to energy supply considering local needs and cosmologies. This article focuses on micro-energy prod...
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| author | Juan David Reina-Rozo Azucena Castro Francisco Zambrano-Caviedes Agustín Neko Epieyu |
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| description | The national implementation of electricity generation projects directly threatens the livelihoods of local and Indigenous communities in Latin America. Therefore, it is crucial to search for solutions to energy supply considering local needs and cosmologies. This article focuses on micro-energy production in rural settlements on the Colombian Caribbean coast. The aim is to provide insights into the relationship between energy, technology, and ancestrality through the lens of solarpunk storytelling. To explore this theme, we present the «tech to embrace the sun» initiative as a case study to co-design and imagine desirable futures by the local community of Selvatorium, in La Guajira. The results consist of the development of seven future ancestral stories co-written by community members and guests, two guides to build two prototypes, and a fanzine. The project concludes with empirical and theoretical insights for development studies about sustainable energy futures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41b2fb0dde2b4895ac97fcc4b3e2ff2f2025-01-02T22:58:22ZengUniversidad de Zaragoza, Cátedra de Solidaridad y Ciudadanía GlobalRevista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo2254-20352024-05-0113116218710.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.871Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transitionJuan David Reina-Rozo0Azucena Castro1Francisco Zambrano-Caviedes2Agustín Neko Epieyu3National University of Colombia (Colombia)Stockholm Resilience Center Stockholm University, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Stanford University (Sweden)Engineering School National University of Colombia (Colombia)Ayarajoset Ranchería (Colombia)The national implementation of electricity generation projects directly threatens the livelihoods of local and Indigenous communities in Latin America. Therefore, it is crucial to search for solutions to energy supply considering local needs and cosmologies. This article focuses on micro-energy production in rural settlements on the Colombian Caribbean coast. The aim is to provide insights into the relationship between energy, technology, and ancestrality through the lens of solarpunk storytelling. To explore this theme, we present the «tech to embrace the sun» initiative as a case study to co-design and imagine desirable futures by the local community of Selvatorium, in La Guajira. The results consist of the development of seven future ancestral stories co-written by community members and guests, two guides to build two prototypes, and a fanzine. The project concludes with empirical and theoretical insights for development studies about sustainable energy futures.https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/ried/article/view/10508/8689ancestralitysolar energyjust energy transitionsolarpunkla guajira |
| spellingShingle | Juan David Reina-Rozo Azucena Castro Francisco Zambrano-Caviedes Agustín Neko Epieyu Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo ancestrality solar energy just energy transition solarpunk la guajira |
| title | Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition |
| title_full | Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition |
| title_fullStr | Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition |
| title_short | Technologies to embrace the sun: solarpunk-based project as an exploration for a just energy transition |
| title_sort | technologies to embrace the sun solarpunk based project as an exploration for a just energy transition |
| topic | ancestrality solar energy just energy transition solarpunk la guajira |
| url | https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/ried/article/view/10508/8689 |
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