What does it look like when a country celebrates & shows solidarity with an infrastructure project? How is infrastructure a nation-building tool, you ask? How can infrastructure mediate a sense of belonging? Exhibit A: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇹" title="Flagge von Äthiopien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Äthiopien"> today. See thread & hashtags #GERD #itsmydam
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Of course this comes at a time when negotiations on the dam are still ongoing (and look far from being straightforward), domestic politics is on a knife-edge and the COVID19 pandemic continues to surge.
If people want to read more about the anthropology and politics of infrastructure, I can highly recommend Brian Larkin& #39;s review article on the & #39;politics and poetics of infrastructure& #39;. An excellent summary of the literature in this field: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155522">https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/1...
The Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure

Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked....

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155522
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