Howe, CymeneBoyer, Dominic2016-07-152016-07-152016Howe, Cymene and Boyer, Dominic. "Aeolian Extractivism and Community Wind in Southern Mexico." <i>Public Culture,</i> 28, no. 2 (2016) Duke University Press: 215-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/08992363-3427427.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/90927The conditions of the Anthropocene, and the relative novelty of renewable energy forms, demonstrate the experimental plasticity of our era. Existing infrastructures of energy, political power, and capital can resist the more revolutionary ambitions of renewable energy to mitigate climate change and promote collaborative energy production, such as community-owned wind parks. Even when states adopt bold energy transition targets, as Mexico has done, the methods of transition can be deeply problematic.engThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Duke University Press.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1215/08992363-3427427