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<p class="MsoNormal">Diana, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you know Antina von Schnitzler’s book Democracy’s Infrastructure (<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691170770/democracys-infrastructure">https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691170770/democracys-infrastructure</a>)?
It’s about the use of pre-paid utility meters in South Africa as a means of preventing non-payment for water and electricity, which was used as a protest tactic under apartheid. Maintenance is not a main focus, but lots of repair and maintenance issues come
up throughout the book. It doesn’t exactly address the issues you mention below, but on a somewhat larger scale it does talk about how the state uses infrastructure technology to police citizens’ behavior.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Benjamin Sims<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Statistical Sciences Group (CCS-6)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Los Alamos National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu> on behalf of "Montano, Diana" <dmontano@wustl.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, May 3, 2021 at 7:28 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>themaintainers <themaintainers@lists.stevens.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [Themaintainers] Add crime and stir?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This is Diana Montano, cultural historian, and this is my first message to the listserv. I have been following the energetic discussion here for awhile but I'm not sure
whether this has been addressed or perhaps it fell off my radar. I recently published on article on power theft in turn-of-the-century Mexico City that follows a grounded perspective and largely examines power theft through judicial cases and thus, the main
historical actors are electric company inspectors. Maintenance inspections were one of the scenarios that led to suspicions and eventual arrest/prosecution of power thieves. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I am moving on to a deeper analysis of electric meters, debates on accuracy, who was responsible for assuring the public and changes to legislation, etc., so I was wondering
to what extent have members of the group encountered discussions of crime in relation to maintenance routines. Here I am particularly interested in scholarship that deals with the leverage of company employees or government employees to police citizens/clients'
private behavior. Obviously these company/state representatives hold substantial power over other individuals and thus, there is plenty of room for corruption and personal gain. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Diana. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Diana J. Montaño, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Department of History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Washington University in St. Louis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">One Brookings Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">St. Louis, MO 63130<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">dmontano@email.wustl.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">1-314-935-5459<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="174" height="263" style="width:1.8125in;height:2.7395in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. Cover of Electrifying Mexico"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Electrifying Mexico: Technology and </span><span style="color:black">Transformation of a Modern City. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/montano-electrifying-mexico">https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/montano-electrifying-mexico</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901–1918" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Hispanic American Historical Review (2021) 101 (1): 35–72.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Visualizing
<i>Imprudentes: </i>Technology and Consumption in Turn-of-the-Century Mexico City,"
<i>Technology's Stories</i>, 8:2 (2020).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"<i>Machucados
</i>and <i>Salvavidas</i>: Patented Humour in the Technified Spaces of Everyday Life in Mexico City, 1900-1910,"
<i>History of Technology</i>, Vol. 34 (2019). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/history-of-technology-volume-volume-34-2019-special-issue-history-of-technology-in-latin-america/machucados-and-salvavidas-patented-humour-in-the-technified-spaces-of-everyday-life-in-mexico-city-1900-1910">https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/history-of-technology-volume-volume-34-2019-special-issue-history-of-technology-in-latin-america/machucados-and-salvavidas-patented-humour-in-the-technified-spaces-of-everyday-life-in-mexico-city-1900-1910</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The City Electric: How Mexico City's People Shaped Its Electrified Future<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Blog: <a href="https://humanities.wustl.edu/features/diana-montano-city-electric-how-mexico-citys-residents-shaped-its-electrified-future">https://humanities.wustl.edu/features/diana-montano-city-electric-how-mexico-citys-residents-shaped-its-electrified-future</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Latin America <a href="https://www.chstm.org/latin-america" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">https://www.chstm.org/latin-america</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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