Stacking wood and staying warm: Time, temporality and housework around domestic heating systems

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-60

  Jalas, Mikko ^a   Rinkinen, Jenny ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

heating systems; household consumption; housework; renewable energy; temporality; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978204113     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540513509639     Document Type: Article

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