Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis is a speculative fiction exploring the implications of salt-battery technology as alternative energy storage systems. These energy storage systems are posed to replace nuclear energy use in a highly seismic Japan. The speculative fiction draws inspiration from two seminal Japanese animated films, Princess Mononoke and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The narrative examines the relationship of salt as both culture and technology. The pervasiveness of salt in a culture influenced by Shintō reinforces the cultural value of salt. Additionally, salt-based batteries are described as safer and cleaner alternatives, due to resource abundance and non-combustibility. In conclusion it argues the appeal of salt as a cultural and technological substance, able to replace nuclear energy production with large scale salt battery technology.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Architecture
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Carleton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2024
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Mandac, Michael Fiel Suarez
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 2024 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/42070