Breaking the Circuit: Encountering Media’s Entanglements with Environment and Behavior through an Energy Art Practice

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.33767/osf.io/a4kf5 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Samir Bhowmik

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Community Participation ◽

Lithium Battery ◽

Network Connectivity ◽

Art Practice ◽

Artistic Practice ◽

Battery Recycling ◽

Energy Behavior ◽

Environment And Behavior ◽

And Behavior

Uncovering and exhibiting digital media’s entanglements with energy, behavior and environment through artistic practice has been a decade-long quest for the author. Through three art projects the author describes his experiments with the energy consumption of media, lithium battery recycling, the Cloud and network connectivity. Arguing for critical artistic approaches, the author examines concerns of ecology and behavior as investigated by installation, by workshop, and by community participation, together forming an energy art practice.

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Breaking the Circuit: Encountering Media’s Entanglements with Environment and Behavior through an Energy Art Practice

Leonardo ◽

10.1162/leon_a_01999 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Samir Bhowmik

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Community Participation ◽

Lithium Battery ◽

Network Connectivity ◽

Art Practice ◽

Artistic Practice ◽

Battery Recycling ◽

Energy Behavior ◽

Environment And Behavior ◽

And Behavior

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Climate Change Helplessness and the (De)moralization of Individual Energy Behavior.

10.31219/osf.io/7bjm5 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Erika Salomon ◽

Jesse Preston ◽

Melanie B. Tannenbaum

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Energy Conservation ◽

Energy Use ◽

Conservation Behavior ◽

Energy Behavior ◽

Individual Actions ◽

And Behavior ◽

Personal Energy

Although most people understand the threat of climate change, they do little to modify their own energy conservation behavior. One reason for this gap between belief and behavior may be that individual actions seem un-impactful and therefore are not morally relevant. This research investigates how climate change helplessness—belief that one’s actions cannot affect climate change—can undermine the moralization of climate change and personal energy conservation. In Study 1, climate change efficacy predicted both moralization of energy use and energy conservation intentions beyond individual belief in climate change. In Studies 2 and 3, participants read information about climate change that varied in efficacy message, that is, whether individual actions (e.g., using less water, turning down heat) make a difference in the environment. Participants who read that their behavior made no meaningful impact reported weaker moralization and intentions (Study 2), and reported more energy consumption one week later (Study 3). Moreover, effects on intentions and actions were mediated by changes in moralization. We discuss ways to improve climate change messages to foster environmental efficacy and moralization of personal energy use.

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