The city electric infrastructure and ingenuity in postsocialist Tanzania
"Over the last twenty years of neoliberal reform, the power supply in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's metropolis, has become less reliable even as its importance has increased. Though mobile phones, televisions, and refrigerators have flooded the city, the electricity required to run these devic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009686031106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ethnography of(f) the Grid
- Emergency Power: A Brief History of the Tanzanian Energy Sector
- The Flickering Torch: Power and Loss After Socialism
- Of Meters and Modals: Patrolling the Grid
- Becoming Infrastructure: Vishoka and Self-Realization
- Conclusion: The Ingenuity of Infrastructure
