Electrifying Anthropology: Exploring Electrical Practices and Infrastructures

What kinds of expertise and knowledge relate to electricity, and where is the space for alternative voices? How can the new roles for electricity in social and cultural life be acknowledged? How can we speak about 'it' in its own right while acknowledging that electricity is not one thing?

Author: Simone Abram
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/27/2019
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781350102644

About the Author
Simone Abram is Professor of Anthropology, Durham University, UK. She has an MEng in electrical engineering. Brit Ross Winthereik is Professor of Science and Technology Studies, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Thomas Yarrow is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Durham University, UK.