Idalina Baptista
‘We Live on Estimates': Everyday Practices of Prepaid Electricity and the Urban Condition in Maputo, Mozambique
University of Oxford
abstract article examines transition prepaid electricity happening maputo mozambique order reflect contemporary geographies urban energy infrastructure urbanization subsaharan africa cities south article draws fieldwork archival research conducted 2013 2014 arguing prepayment constitutes productive juncture urban experience electricity infrastructure maputos postcolonial moment merely neutral technology disciplining technique government argued scholarship article examines multiple rationalities implicated use electricity infrastructure via prepayment organization urban life engenders also product focusing everyday practices surrounding prepaid electricity urban dwellers neighbourhoods modern infrastructural ideal may never fully realized result contributes understanding experience urban energy cities slum urbanism uncertainty provisionality dominant aspects urban condition