Description
In the current conjecture of an energy crisis that swept much of Europe, the paper centres on the gender-energy nexus, outlining its articulations in and through this crisis. Crucially, it approaches this crisis from the lens of social reproduction and unpacks its gendered nature. To do so, the paper conceptualises energy as deeply imbricated in social reproduction, arguing that its commodified and commercialised provision is an instance of the privatisation of social reproduction. It explores the gender-energy nexus its complexity, dynamism and uneven articulations across the global economy though existing work on energy poverty and gender in the UK in as well as existing research on energy debt in Greece and its linkages to the gendered nature of using and not being able to afford energy in households. In doing so, the paper highlights how energy is political in the gendered nature of its provision and usage, elucidating the embodied ways in which women are forced to get by and act as ‘fixes’ of this crisis.
