Antropologicheskij forum, 2015, no. 27

A Review of PHILLIP VANNINI, JONATHAN TAGGART, OFF THE GRID: RE-ASSEMBLING DOMESTIC LIFE. New York: Routledge, 2015, 234 pp.

Anastasia Karaseva

European University at St Petersburg
3 Gagarinskaya Str., St Petersburg, Russia
akarasyova()eu.spb.ru

Abstract: Off the Grid: Re-Assembling Domestic Life by Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggart is an original multimedia project, part of which is a book. The project examines the domestic practices of Canadians who chose to live autonomously in terms of energy, heat, water and food supplies, as well as wastewater and rubbish disposal. The review analyses the methodological challenges of the research, including those related to the project publicity and usage of new media. The review also gives respect to rich ethnographic descriptions and to the authors’ style of writing.

Keywords: infrastructure, domestic practises, Canada, off the grid.

To cite: Karaseva A., 'A Review of Phillip Vannini, Jonathan Taggart, Off the Grid: Re-Assembling Domestic Life. New York: Routledge, 2015, 234 pp.', Antropologicheskij forum, 2015, no. 27, pp. 205–213.

URL: http://anthropologie.kunstkamera.ru/files/pdf/027/karaseva.pdf