Dwelling in Resistance: Living with Alternative Technologies in America (Nature, Society, and Culture)

Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In __Dwelling in Resistance__, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities—“The Farm,” “Twin Oaks,” “Dancing Rabbit,” and “Earthships”—where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans. Schelly portrays a wide range of residential living alternatives utilizing renewable, small-scale, de-centralized technologies. These technologies considerably change how individuals and communities interact with the material world, their natural environment, and one another. Using in depth interviews and compelling ethnographic observations, the book offers an insightful look at different communities’ practices and principles and their successful endeavors in sustainability and self-sufficiency. Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities--"شوم ئف،ٍْ" "شى َدفٱً،" "ؤفكَىهَ زفققى،ٰ" فلَ "إفوْٰٱوىٱِ"--وممْ ممٌكىْٰكى"ٰ، فمٰ،ْ ومف،ٰ فٱمٰ، نلُُ، فلَ فْٰٱَفُِْٰىٰ َُفِْكىٰكمٱ لىننم ْفٍمًْل"ٌ ن ٍُْوٰٱُم نُ وٰم فٱ ٰفٍيىُْ"ٰ نُ ءمٍىْكفٱَ. سكوم"ٌٌ فُِْْٰ"ٱ ف ىلم فْهَم نُ مْٱىلمىَٰف ٌىٌىهَ فمٌٰفَْىٰمٱ ىٰىٌ"ىهَ مْمَفقمٌ، ٱفٍ-ٌٌٱكفمٌ، لم-كمفَْٰىٌ"مل مٰكوهٌَُُىمٱ. شومٱم مٰكوهٌَُُىمٱ كٱَُىلمفْق"ٌ كوفهَم وُ ىلَىىلفٱٌ فلَ كٍٍُىَىٰمٱ ىمَٰفْك ٰىوٰ وٰم فٍمٰىْف ٌلٌُْ، وٰمى ْفَٰفْ ٌمَىمٍَُْ،َٰ فلَ مَُ فوَُٰم.ْ صٱىهَ ى َلموِٰ ىمَْٰىمٱ فلَ كمٍُِىٌٌهَ موٰهَُفْوِىك قُٱمْفىٰٱَُ، وٰم ق ًُُنُنمٱْ ف َىٱَىهونٌٰ ًٌُُف ٰلىننممْ َٰكٍٍُىَىٰمٱ' فِْكىٰكمٱ فلَ ىِْكَىمٌِٱ فلَ وٰمى ْٱككمٱٱنٌملَمفٱُْ ى َٱٱفٰىفَقىىٌ"ٰ فلَ ٱمنٌ-ٱننىكىمكَ"--ذُْىلمل ق" ِقىٌٱوم.ْ Series Page 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 1. What Does It Mean to Dwell in Resistance? 12 2. What “Normal” Dwelling Looks Like: The History of Home Technologies 29 3. Custodians of the Earth, Witnesses to Transition: The Story of The Farm 52 4. The Abundance of the Commons: Twin Oaks and the Plenitude Ethic 79 5. Individualism and Symbiosis: The Dance at Dancing Rabbit 106 6. Self-Sufficiency as Social Justice: The Case of Earthship Biotecture 132 7. Dwelling in Resistance 160 Appendix: Reflections on Method 178 Acknowledgments 184 Notes 186 Bibliography 222 Index 236 About the Author 248