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| DOI | 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.03.001 |
| A curiosity driven approach to air-conditioning on the Arabian Peninsula: Comparing the accounts of three resident groups in Qatar | |
| Hitchings, Russell | |
| 通讯作者 | Hitchings, Russell |
| 来源期刊 | GEOFORUM
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| ISSN | 0016-7185 |
| EISSN | 1872-9398 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 111页码:116-124 |
| 英文摘要 | The assumption that people should be surrounded by air that has been cooled to meet their presumed needs encourages an undifferentiated and disengaged relationship between local climate and everyday life. It is also leading to huge, and growing, levels of energy consumption. One important research challenge is therefore to identify how existing variation in climate adaptation cultures might be harnessed in fighting the further spread of this assumption. Examining how different groups see their relationship with air-conditioning could be part of this and Doha, the capital of Qatar, provides an excellent place in which to explore the potential of such a strategy. Air-conditioning was eagerly adopted by Qataris after the nationalisation of their oil and gas reserves soon made them some of the wealthiest people in the world. In recent years, however, local officials have started to consider the social and environmental benefits of other ways of living with the desert heat. This paper reports on a project that sought to produce an engaging body of evidence by comparing how older Qatari nationals, expatriate professionals, and younger Qatari nationals spoke of their ongoing relationship with air-conditioning. In so doing, it reflects on different ways of defining the purpose of empirical research in human geography to highlight the continued value of being curious about the hitherto unknown subjectivities that await us in the field. In this case, this was despite the popularity of conceptually informed analysis in cultural studies of air-conditioning and the critical commentator position in relevant accounts of urban change in the region. |
| 英文关键词 | Qatar Air-conditioning Interviews Everyday life Fieldwork Curiosity Academic critique Social theory |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | England |
| 收录类别 | SSCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000525779200011 |
| WOS关键词 | THERMAL COMFORT ; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY ; ADAPTATION ; SPACE ; MODERNITY ; BEHAVIOR ; WEATHER ; OFFICES ; SUMMER ; CONDIS |
| WOS类目 | Geography |
| WOS研究方向 | Geography |
| 来源机构 | University of London |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/314595 |
| 作者单位 | UCL, Dept Geog, London WC1E 6BT, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hitchings, Russell. A curiosity driven approach to air-conditioning on the Arabian Peninsula: Comparing the accounts of three resident groups in Qatar[J]. University of London,2020,111:116-124. |
| APA | Hitchings, Russell.(2020).A curiosity driven approach to air-conditioning on the Arabian Peninsula: Comparing the accounts of three resident groups in Qatar.GEOFORUM,111,116-124. |
| MLA | Hitchings, Russell."A curiosity driven approach to air-conditioning on the Arabian Peninsula: Comparing the accounts of three resident groups in Qatar".GEOFORUM 111(2020):116-124. |
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