Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK.
Center for Energy Technologies, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Soc Stud Sci. 2020 Aug;50(4):642-679. doi: 10.1177/0306312720915283. Epub 2020 May 6.
Based on an extensive synthesis of semi-structured interviews, media content analysis, and reviews, this article conducts a qualitative meta-analysis of more than 560 sources of evidence to identify 38 visions associated with seven different low-carbon innovations - automated mobility, electric vehicles, smart meters, nuclear power, shale gas, hydrogen, and the fossil fuel divestment movement - playing a key role in current deliberations about mobility or low-carbon energy supply and use. From this material, it analyzes such visions based on rhetorical features such as common problems and functions, storylines, discursive struggles, and rhetorical effectiveness. It also analyzes visions based on typologies or degrees of valence (utopian vs. dystopian), temporality (proximal vs. distant), and radicalism (incremental vs. transformative). The article is motivated by the premise that tackling climate change via low-carbon energy systems (and practices) is one of the most significant challenges of the twenty-first century, and that effective decarbonization will require not only new energy technologies, but also new ways of understanding language, visions, and discursive politics surrounding emerging innovations and transitions.
基于半结构化访谈、媒体内容分析和评论的广泛综合，本文对超过 560 个证据来源进行了定性元分析，以确定与七种不同低碳创新相关的 38 种愿景——自动化交通、电动汽车、智能电表、核能、页岩气、氢能和化石燃料撤资运动——这些创新在当前关于交通或低碳能源供应和使用的讨论中发挥着关键作用。本文从常见问题和功能、故事情节、话语斗争和修辞效果等修辞特征出发，对这些愿景进行了分析。本文还根据类型学或效价程度（乌托邦与反乌托邦）、时间性（近景与远景）和激进主义（渐进与变革）对愿景进行了分析。本文的动机是，通过低碳能源系统（和实践）来应对气候变化是 21 世纪最重大的挑战之一，而有效脱碳不仅需要新能源技术，还需要新的方法来理解语言、愿景以及围绕新兴创新和转型的话语政治。
