{"product_id":"the-impact-of-electricity-development-desires-and-dilemmas-9781845452926","title":"The Impact of Electricity: Development, Desires","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tHow 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. 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 women’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ean 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.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegions and Cohesion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  American Anthropologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"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\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Howard White\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director, 3ie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tTowards an anthropology of energy\u003cbr\u003e \tAddressing development\u003cbr\u003e \tResearch questions\u003cbr\u003e \tThe choice of an untypical village\u003cbr\u003e \tElectricity matters\u003cbr\u003e \tWhat sort of good is electricity?\u003cbr\u003e \tFieldwork and ethical considerations\u003cbr\u003e \tLearning ‘the art of conversation’\u003cbr\u003e \tAn outline of the book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Powers of the past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe people and the place\u003cbr\u003e \tThe colonial period\u003cbr\u003e \tThe post-revolution era\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: The Rural Electrification Project (RUREL)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tObjectives: improve health facilities, create modern villagers and ensure Zanzibar’s future income\u003cbr\u003e \tThe impact of international environmental discourses\u003cbr\u003e \tPolitical difficulties: the project interrupted\u003cbr\u003e \tPublic services dramatically improved\u003cbr\u003e \tHousehold connections, tourism and productivity\u003cbr\u003e \tA summary of the immediate effects of electricity’s arrival\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Electrifying Uroa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tUroa becomes connected\u003cbr\u003e \tThe significance of a meal\u003cbr\u003e \tA passion for meetings\u003cbr\u003e \tWomen’s limited role in the process\u003cbr\u003e \tCreativity and capability – participation practised\u003cbr\u003e \tThe limits to local control\u003cbr\u003e \tFinding equivalence\u003cbr\u003e \tExplaining conflict and resistance\u003cbr\u003e \tDevelopment as a political matter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Discourses of development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tUnreliable markets\u003cbr\u003e \tThe generation of money in Uroa\u003cbr\u003e \tEducation as an icon of development\u003cbr\u003e \tReligious, modern Zanzibar\u003cbr\u003e \tTelevision Zanzibar (TVZ)\u003cbr\u003e \tTowards increasing difference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: The electricity company in the village\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tLinked to the developed world\u003cbr\u003e \tEntering private space\u003cbr\u003e \tMeasuring proper behaviour\u003cbr\u003e \tPayment time: humbleness and resistance\u003cbr\u003e \tThe consumption of electricity: a high awareness of the cost\u003cbr\u003e \tProblems caused by the accounting system\u003cbr\u003e \tDisconnection\u003cbr\u003e \tStriving to behave like modern customers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Uroa by night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tLight as a marker of power\u003cbr\u003e \tThe aesthetics of darkness\u003cbr\u003e \tSecurity light\u003cbr\u003e \tDemographic changes, men, and their houses\u003cbr\u003e \tSpeeding up life – consequence and ideal?\u003cbr\u003e \tUroa transformed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Introducing objects of desire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tStrategies for obtaining electrical appliances\u003cbr\u003e \tWomen’s wealth\u003cbr\u003e \tExplaining women’s exclusion from the ownership of appliances\u003cbr\u003e \tPutting yourself at risk\u003cbr\u003e \tNormalisation: balancing equality and difference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Reorganising interior space\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tRelaxing in Uroa\u003cbr\u003e \tThe home as a stage\u003cbr\u003e \tReorganising space and social relationships\u003cbr\u003e \tEncapsulating the family\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Negotiating tastes in food\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tCooking with electricity\u003cbr\u003e \tZanzibari tastes\u003cbr\u003e \tFood as a social marker\u003cbr\u003e \tA cook’s technologies and concerns\u003cbr\u003e \tTaste and conflicting discourses\u003cbr\u003e \tFood and body\u003cbr\u003e \tTastes at rest, tastes in flux\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Electricity makes a difference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tWhat does electricity promise?\u003cbr\u003e \tElectric networks in their creation\u003cbr\u003e \tElectrification and human well-being\u003cbr\u003e \tEnvironmentally sustainable development\u003cbr\u003e \tAre kinship relations losing significance?\u003cbr\u003e \tNegotiating gender relationships\u003cbr\u003e \tElectrified worries and the need to get in control\u003cbr\u003e \t‘You don’t tell someone with a bike to buy himself a car!’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary of Swahili terms\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tReports\u003cbr\u003e \tArchival sources (Zanzibar National Archives)\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042970468695,"sku":"9781845452926","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845452926.jpg?v=1750956456","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-impact-of-electricity-development-desires-and-dilemmas-9781845452926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}