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The Impact of Electricity: Development, Desires and Dilemmas
Tanja Winther
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Description for The Impact of Electricity: Development, Desires and Dilemmas
Paperback. 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 electricity's arrival in an African, rural community. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
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 electrification's effects on Uroans are a valuable empirical contribution to studies of technological change. * American Anthropologist Tanja Winther's 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 ... Read more
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 electrification's effects on Uroans are a valuable empirical contribution to studies of technological change. * American Anthropologist Tanja Winther's 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
401g
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845452926
SKU
V9781845452926
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99-15
About Tanja Winther
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.
Reviews for The Impact of Electricity: Development, Desires and Dilemmas
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 electrification's effects on Uroans are a valuable empirical contribution to studies of technological change.
American Anthropologist Tanja Winther's ... Read more
American Anthropologist Tanja Winther's ... Read more