Curious energy consumers: Humans and nonhumans in assemblages of household practice

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 761-780

  Strengers, Yolande ^a   Nicholls, Larissa ^a   Maller, Cecily ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assemblages; Consumers; distributed agency; energy consumption; social practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994121162     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540514536194     Document Type: Article

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