Why Railroads Now?: Anthropology of Infrastructure and Debates around “Green” Transit (December 2020)
Heather Anne Swanson (Author)
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Volume: 10
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 270-282
Edition Details: Special section: On the promise and menace of Railroad Projects
Language: English
As the introduction to this special issue points out, railroads are a relatively new object of attention for anthropologists. My response dives more substantially into the question of "why" they are such compelling sites in this present moment. What does the growing interest in railroads—exemplified by this collection of articles—tell us about current anthropological concerns, as well as about how the discipline might further contribute to wider debates about the politics of infrastructures? The first half of this response considers railroads within academic trajectories, while the second half examines them in relation to wider environmental conversations, especially ongoing public debates about climate-friendly transit.
...MoreArticle Peter Schweitzer; Olga Povoroznyuk (December 2020) Introduction: Precarious Connections: On the Promise and Menace of Railroad Projects. Transfers (pp. 137-151).
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