Mains, Daniel. 2019. Under Construction: Technologies of Development in Ur-ban Ethiopia. Durham, London: Duke University Press. 240 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478005377.
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Destrée, P. (2021). Mains, Daniel. 2019. Under Construction: Technologies of Development in Ur-ban Ethiopia. Durham, London: Duke University Press. 240 pp. Pb.: $25.95. ISBN: 9781478005377. Anthropological notebooks, 27(2), S1-S3. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5812139
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Contentious connections: infrastructure, dignity, and collective life in Accra, Ghana (2021)
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Destrée, P. (2022). Contentious connections: infrastructure, dignity, and collective life in Accra, Ghana. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 28(1), 92-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13654Infrastructural systems have emerged as productive ethnographic sites for analysing political subjectivities and rationalities. Through the case of shared electricity and prepaid meters in the compound housing system of Accra, Ghana, I suggest that i... Read More about Contentious connections: infrastructure, dignity, and collective life in Accra, Ghana.
The struggle for capacity: a historical ethnography of toxicology in Senegal (2021)
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Destrée, P. The struggle for capacity: a historical ethnography of toxicology in SenegalBook Review, Tousignant, Noémi. 2018. Edges of Exposure: Toxicology and the problem of capacity in postcolonial Senegal. Durham, London: Duke University Press.
Solar for the Few: Stranded Renewables and Green Enclaves in Ghana (2021)
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Destrée, P. (in press). Solar for the Few: Stranded Renewables and Green Enclaves in Ghana. [[Media unknown]]