Prelude to a Grid: Energy, Gender and Labour on an Electric Frontier

People in the Singida region of Tanzania have long utilized diverse energy sources for subsistence. How do rural Singidans eke energy from their natural and social environment? How can ideas of the sun and of labour in Nyaturu cosmology inform understandings of energy? And how are new energy technologies reshaping Singida’s social and economic landscape?

The Voices of Berlin: Busking in a ‘Creative’ City

The city of Berlin is often advertised as one of the most prominent creative cities today. In the past two decades, its marketing agencies have constructed a carefully crafted urban image designed to attract the young, mobile and creative workers that move the contemporary economy. This paper investigates the phenomenon of abundant street performers in the German capital to find out if and how these artists perceive their role and instrumentalisation within these creative policies

“ELA É PUTA, MAS AO MESMO TEMPO NÃO É”: A ETNOGRAFIA DE UMA CONTROVÉRSIA NO FÓRUM GP-GUIA SOBRE A LEGIBILIDADE SOCIAL DE MULHERES PROVENIENTES DA MERCANTILIZAÇÃO POR DESVIO

Sant’ana, Guilherme Antônio Carneiro De;

Resumo Este artigo pretende se concentrar no estudo de um processo específico de mercantilização por desvio. No interior do fórum digital GP-Guia, um tópico de discussão instrui os participa…