Article ID: CBB820023036

Das Steuern und Regeln von Infrastrukturen und der Wasseralltag in Los Angeles (1870–1920) [Control and Regulation of Infrastructures and Everyday Water Life in Los Angeles (1870-1920)] (2019)

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Hansen, Jan (Author)


Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie
Volume: 86
Issue: 1
Pages: 33-66

ISSN: 0040-117X

Publication Date: 2019
Edition Details: Special Issue: Steuern und Regeln (Control and Regulation)
Language: German

Dieser Beitrag untersucht das Steuern und Regeln von Wasserinfrastrukturen in Los Angeles zwischen 1870 und 1920. Im Fokus steht dabei die Frage, wie die Stadtregierung und die Wasserwerke versuchten, Nutzerroutinen zu steuern. Gleichzeitig wird der Umgang mit Wasser im Alltag der Stadt analysiert. Ausgehend von der Prämisse, dass Infrastrukturen im täglichen Gebrauch permanent neukonstruiert werden, wird die These vertreten, dass Betreiber und Nutzer in diesem Prozess elementare soziokulturelle Leitbilder der werdenden Stadt aushandelten. So beförderte der An- oder Ausschluss bestimmter Gruppen die Definition ethnischer und sozialer Zugehörigkeit, und die Verhäuslichung der Wassernutzung katalysierte die Herausbildung eines so verstandenen infrastrukturgerechten Verhaltens. Zugleich kristallisierte sich eine politische Mobilisierung in Form von Nachbarschaftsinitiativen heraus, die, wie der Artikel zeigt, die fragmentierte Stadt integrierte und neue Konzepte von häuslichem Komfort beförderte. Einen Schwerpunkt der Analyse bildet die ding- und umweltgeschichtliche Dimension des Wasseralltags. Der Artikel argumentiert, dass materielle Architekturen des Wassers und ökologische Faktoren ebenfalls als subtile Regulierungstechnik zu verstehen sind. [This paper examines the governance of water infrastructure in Los Angeles between 1870 and 1920, focusing on how the city government and water utilities attempted to control user routines. At the same time, it analyzes how water was used in everyday life in the city. Based on the premise that infrastructures are permanently reconstructed in daily use, the thesis is advanced that operators and users negotiated elementary sociocultural models of the nascent city in this process. Thus, the inclusion or exclusion of certain groups promoted the definition of ethnic and social affiliation, and the domestication of water use catalyzed the emergence of what was understood as infrastructurally appropriate behavior. At the same time, political mobilization crystallized in the form of neighborhood initiatives that, as the article shows, integrated the fragmented city and promoted new concepts of domestic comfort. One focus of the analysis is the ding and environmental historical dimension of everyday water. The article argues that material architectures of water and ecolo- gical factors should also be understood as subtle regulatory technology.]

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Authors & Contributors
Daigger, Glen T.
Stroshane, Tim
Rodrigues, Ana Duarte
Butler, Christina Rae
Isacar Bolaños
Toribio, Carmen
Concepts
Water resource management
Water supply
Environmental history
Urban planning
Infrastructure
Sewerage
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
16th century
Places
United States
Los Angeles (California)
Boston (Massachusetts, U.S.)
London (England)
Great Britain
Philadelphia, PA
Institutions
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
History of the Urban Environment Book Series
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