The Impact of Electricity: Development, Desires and Dilemmas by Tanja Winther Ha

Description: The Impact of Electricity by Tanja Winther How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? This book examines the effects of electricitys arrival in an African, rural community. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? This book examines the effects of electricitys arrival in an African, rural community. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Zanzibar at different points in time, the author provides a compelling account of the social implications in question. The rhythm of life changes and life is speeding up. Sexuality and marriage patterns are affected. And a range of social relations, e.g. between generations and genders, as well as relations between human beings and spirits, become modified. Despite men and womens general appreciation of the new services electricity provides, new dilemmas emerge. By using electricity as a guide through the social landscape, the particularities of social and cultural life in this region emerge. Simultaneously, the book invites readers to understand the ways that electricity affects and becomes implicated in our everyday life. Author Biography Tanja Winther has a Masters in Power Engineering and a Doctorate in Social Anthropology. She is at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo. Table of Contents List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsChapter 1: IntroductionTowards an anthropology of energyAddressing developmentResearch questionsThe choice of an untypical villageElectricity mattersWhat sort of good is electricity?Fieldwork and ethical considerationsLearning the art of conversationAn outline of the bookChapter 2: Powers of the pastThe people and the placeThe colonial periodThe post-revolution eraChapter 3: The Rural Electrification Project (RUREL)Objectives: improve health facilities, create modern villagers and ensure Zanzibars future incomeThe impact of international environmental discoursesPolitical difficulties: the project interruptedPublic services dramatically improvedHousehold connections, tourism and productivityA summary of the immediate effects of electricitys arrivalChapter 4: Electrifying UroaUroa becomes connectedThe significance of a mealA passion for meetingsWomens limited role in the processCreativity and capability – participation practisedThe limits to local controlFinding equivalenceExplaining conflict and resistanceDevelopment as a political matterChapter 5: Discourses of developmentUnreliable marketsThe generation of money in UroaEducation as an icon of developmentReligious, modern ZanzibarTelevision Zanzibar (TVZ)Towards increasing differenceChapter 6: The electricity company in the villageLinked to the developed worldEntering private spaceMeasuring proper behaviourPayment time: humbleness and resistanceThe consumption of electricity: a high awareness of the costProblems caused by the accounting systemDisconnectionStriving to behave like modern customersChapter 7: Uroa by nightLight as a marker of powerThe aesthetics of darknessSecurity lightDemographic changes, men, and their housesSpeeding up life – consequence and ideal?Uroa transformedChapter 8: Introducing objects of desireStrategies for obtaining electrical appliancesWomens wealthExplaining womens exclusion from the ownership of appliancesPutting yourself at riskNormalisation: balancing equality and differenceChapter 9: Reorganising interior spaceRelaxing in UroaThe home as a stageReorganising space and social relationshipsEncapsulating the familyChapter 10: Negotiating tastes in foodCooking with electricityZanzibari tastesFood as a social markerA cooks technologies and concernsTaste and conflicting discoursesFood and bodyTastes at rest, tastes in fluxChapter 11: Electricity makes a differenceWhat does electricity promise?Electric networks in their creationElectrification and human well-beingEnvironmentally sustainable developmentAre kinship relations losing significance?Negotiating gender relationshipsElectrified worries and the need to get in controlYou dont tell someone with a bike to buy himself a car!Glossary of Swahili termsBibliographyReferencesReportsArchival sources (Zanzibar National Archives)Index Review "…an excellent book that speaks to readers in different fields including development, anthropology, and technology. The author presents a very readable and enjoyable anthropological analysis of the electrification of the semiautonomous state of Zanzibar within the United Republic of Tanzania…Most importantly, the book presents clear evidence that the implementation of electricity in development processes cannot be simply considered a technological issue that can be addressed by top-down development strategies." · Regions and Cohesion"Partly the report of a development project, partly an ethnography, and partly a discourse on development anthropology, [this book] is a fascinating and significant work…an informative and thought-provoking book. Its nuanced discussions of electrifications effects on Uroans are a valuable empirical contribution to studies of technological change." · American Anthropologist"Tanja Winthers excellent study clearly shows the insights anthropological analysis brings to understanding development investments, even ones which might be thought to be purely technical in nature. Anyone responsible for designing, implementing or managing rural electrification programs in Africa, is strongly advised to read this book" · Howard White, Executive Director, 3ie Review Quote "...an excellent book that speaks to readers in different fields including development, anthropology, and technology. The author presents a very readable and enjoyable anthropological analysis of the electrification of the semiautonomous state of Zanzibar within the United Republic of Tanzania...Most importantly, the book presents clear evidence that the implementation of electricity in development processes cannot be simply considered a technological issue that can be addressed by top-down development strategies." Regions and Cohesion "Partly the report of a development project, partly an ethnography, and partly a discourse on development anthropology, [this book] is a fascinating and significant work...an informative and thought-provoking book. Its nuanced discussions of electrifications effects on Uroans are a valuable empirical contribution to studies of technological change." American Anthropologist "Tanja Winthers excellent study clearly shows the insights anthropological analysis brings to understanding development investments, even ones which might be thought to be purely technical in nature. Anyone responsible for designing, implementing or managing rural electrification programs in Africa, is strongly advised to read this book" Howard White , Executive Director, 3ie Details ISBN1845454952 Author Tanja Winther Publisher Berghahn Books Year 2008 ISBN-10 1845454952 ISBN-13 9781845454951 Format Hardcover Imprint Berghahn Books Subtitle Development, Desires and Dilemmas Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 333.793209678 Illustrations 16 ills Series Berghahn Short Title IMPACT OF ELECTRICITY Media Book DOI 10.1604/9781845454951 UK Release Date 2008-09-01 Pages 274 Publication Date 2008-09-01 AU Release Date 2008-09-01 NZ Release Date 2008-09-01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159799658;

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