Viviana Asara

Apr 28, 2023 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Swen Ore |Viviana Asara |Joaquin Nieto |Lucía Baratech

The transformation of rural areas into renewable energy hubs serving the needs of all-consuming cities is exacerbating Spain’s urban-rural divide. Social anthropologist Jaume Franquesa proposes controlled degrowth and decentralised energy production as a possible way out. “This was a cemetery, and now they’ve put up crosses,” an electrician told social anthropologist Jaume Franquesa  while he was investigating southern Catalonia’s historical resistance to energy projects.