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What is The Promise of Infrastructure about?

This document introduces the concept of infrastructure as a terrain of power and contestation. It discusses how in 2014, the cities of Detroit and Flint cut off water access to residents who could not pay and switched to a polluted water source, respectively. These actions were ordered by emergency managers appointed to prioritize debt repayment over democratic governance and public health. The water crises disproportionately impacted black communities and showed how infrastructure can reproduce racism by r

Author

adrielemanson

Language

EN