The City Electric: Infrastructure and Ingenuity in Postsocialist Tanzania
Author:   Michael Degani
Publisher:   Duke University Press
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Pages:   277
Publication Date:   30 November 2022
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Author:   Michael Degani
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781478016502


ISBN 10:   1478016507
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   30 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  ix Introduction. Ethnography of(f) the Grid  1 1. Emergency Power: A Brief History of the Tanzanian Energy Sector  31 2. The Flickering Torch: Power and Loss after Socialism  71 3. Of Meters and Modals: Patrolling the Grid  109 4. Becoming Infrastructure: Vishoka and Self-Realization  150 Conclusion. The Ingenuity of Infrastructure  187 Notes  207 Works Cited  223 Index  247

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"""As The City Electric so expertly shows, infrastructure then becomes a way to explore the moral economy of provisioning, from the headline grabbing corruption scandals over multi-million dollar contracts to everyday negotiations where people decide by what means, and to what extent, they will bend the rules to gain access to the electricity grid. In Degani's hands, the channel where electricity sometimes passes and sometimes doesn't, is an incredibly rich site for analysing movements of power more generally.""--Emily Brownell ""Journal of Development Studies"" (11/22/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""Degani's The City Electric is useful not only to energy anthropologists but also to the larger STS community. It is an outcome of meticulous research and uses persuasive English to convey its substance.""--Frank Edward ""Technology and Culture"" (11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM)"


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Michael Degani is Assistant Professor of Environmental Anthropology at Cambridge University.

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