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Designing Infrastructure for the Poor: Transactions Within Unstable Ecologies *

Céline Cholez

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This chapter investigates these failures by exploring the ecology of such infrastructures, designed for “the poor.” It discusses “thinking infrastructures” in terms of longevity by focusing on economic failures risks. The authors argue that the ecology of the infrastructure integrates various economic conversions and exchanges chains expected to participate in the infrastructure’s functioning. By following energy access solutions for rural Africa in sub-regions of Senegal and Madagascar, from their political and technical design to their ordinary life, the authors examine the tensions and contradictions embedded within the scripts of balance supposed to guarantee their success.
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hal-02501732 , version 1 (07-03-2020)

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Céline Cholez, Pascale Trompette. Designing Infrastructure for the Poor: Transactions Within Unstable Ecologies *. Kornberger, M.; Bowker, G.; Elyachar, J.; Miller, P.; Nucho, J.; Pollock, N. Thinking Infrastructures, 62, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.335-354, 2019, 978-1-78769-558-0. ⟨10.1108/S0733-558X20190000062021⟩. ⟨hal-02501732⟩
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