Whether buried underfoot or strung overhead, electrical lines are
omnipresent. Not only are most societies dependent on electrical
infrastructure, but this infrastructure actively shapes electrified
society. From the wires, poles, and generators themselves to the
entrepreneurs, engineers, politicians, and advisors who determine
the process of electrification, our electrical grids can create
power--and politics--just as they transmit it.
"Current Flow" examines the history of electrification of
British-ruled Palestine in the 1920s, as it marked, affirmed, and
produced social, political, and economic difference between Arabs
and Jews. Considering the interplay of British colonial interests,
the Jewish-Zionist leanings of a commissioned electric company, and
Arab opposition within the case of the Jaffa Power House, Ronen
Shamir reveals how electrification was central in assembling a
material infrastructure of ethno-national separation in Palestine
long before "political partition plans" had ever been envisioned.
Ultimately, "Current Flow" sheds new light on the history of
Jewish-Arab relations and offers broader sociological insights into
what happens when people are transformed from users into elements
of networks.
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