Foster the "mores", counter the "limits"
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This paper reports an ethnographic study of a Chinese environmental volunteer organization in Mincheng, China and the Transition Town movement in Totnes, UK. We examine limits that affected local sustainable activities, and how people attempted to counter the limits. Our use of the term “limits” is a little different than “limits on computing” but pertinent to the larger issues.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- First Monday
دوره 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015