\"Electricity is Life\"

This work presents a phenomenological approach to interdisciplinary energy researchfrom a bottom-up perspective. The life-world methodology sheds light on multilevel off-grid energy governance in Namibia by exploring the process of modernization throughits four dimensions: differentiation, rationalization, individualization, anddomestication. This research concludes that a shift in (off-grid) energy governance isoccurring in tandem with the meaning of 'electricity is Life' experienced through theenergy practices of everyday life.Özge Dolunay is an interdisciplinary participatory action researcher and practitionerworking in off-grid energy governance and electrification.