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Geological phenomena have a strong visual presence in the landscape of the Chilean Andes. Volcanoes, thermal springs, earthquakes and geysers arise from an active geology. From the start of the 20th century, engineers and geologists have imagined transforming the heat of groundwater reservoirs into electricity. However, its use as electric power at a national scale remains an unfinished promise. Inspired by the anthropology of energy and infrastructures, Martín Fonck delves into the promises of geothermal energy and their abandonment in the Chilean Andes.
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Martín Fonck forscht und lehrt am Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftssoziologie und dem Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) der TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. Er hat am Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society und am Institut für Ethnologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) promoviert. Des Weiteren war er wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam. Er untersucht die Zukunft von Umwelttechnologien aus einer ethnografischen und historischen Perspektive.
Summary
Geological phenomena have a strong visual presence in the landscape of the Chilean Andes. Volcanoes, thermal springs, earthquakes and geysers arise from an active geology. From the start of the 20th century, engineers and geologists have imagined transforming the heat of groundwater reservoirs into electricity. However, its use as electric power at a national scale remains an unfinished promise. Inspired by the anthropology of energy and infrastructures, Martín Fonck delves into the promises of geothermal energy and their abandonment in the Chilean Andes.
