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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Main Author:	Degani, Michael, 1983- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Tanzania Electric Supply Company. Tanzania Electric Supply Company Electric power distribution > Tanzania > Dar es Salaam > Reliability. Electric power transmission > Tanzania > Dar es Salaam. Electric utilities > Tanzania > Dar es Salaam. Electric utilities > Corrupt practices > Tanzania > Dar es Salaam. Political corruption > Tanzania > Dar es Salaam. Électricité > Transport > Tanzanie > Dar es-Salaam. Services publics d'électricité > Tanzanie > Dar es-Salaam. Services publics d'électricité > Pratiques déloyales > Tanzanie > Dar es-Salaam. Corruption (Politique) > Tanzanie > Dar es-Salaam. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. Electric power distribution > Reliability Electric power transmission Electric utilities Electric utilities > Corrupt practices Political corruption Tanzania > Dar es Salaam Electronic books.
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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