Antina Von Schnitzler
Biographic Data
| ID | 149928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antina Von Schnitzler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antina |
| FAMILY NAME | Von Schnitzler |
| SIGNATURE | VON SCHNITZLER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The New School; 72 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor New York NY 10011 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 270 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Democracy's Infrastructure
In the past decade, South Africa's "miracle transition" has been interrupted by waves of protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the post-apartheid period has witnessed widespread illicit acts involving infrastructure, including the nonpayment of service charges, the bypassing of metering devices, and illegal connections to services. Democracy's Infrastructure shows how such administrative links to the …
Democracy's Infrastructure
In the past decade, South Africa's “miracle transition” has been interrupted by waves of protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the postapartheid period has witnessed widespread illicit acts involving infrastructure, including the non-payment of service charges, the bypassing of metering devices, and illegal connections to services. This book shows how such administrative links to the state became a ce…
Performing dignity
Since the end of apartheid, rights-based languages of human dignity have often been central to articulating state obligation and making claims on the state in South Africa. In this article, I explore this moral-legal politics by focusing on a legal case brought against the City of Johannesburg by five Soweto residents on the basis of their constitutionally guaranteed right to water. Examining the epistemologies and evidentiary practices on which …
Traveling Technologies
In this article, I explore the politics of infrastructure in South Africa by focusing on the "travels" of a small technical device. Since the end of apartheid, prepaid meters have been widely deployed in South Africa's townships to curb the nonpayment of service charges. Yet many residents have bypassed their meters, enabling them to illicitly access electricity or water. I track the micro-political battle between residents tinkering with the tec…
Gauging Politics
Citizenship Prepaid
This article examines the techno-politics of prepaid water in South Africa. It argues that the shift to prepaid water technologies reinforces a narrow, economistic understanding of citizenship, framing citizens primarily as consumers and calculable subjects. By analyzing the material and discursive practices surrounding prepaid water, the article demonstrates how this technology contributes to the depoliticization of water access and obscures the…
Traveling Technologies
In this article, I explore the politics of infrastructure in South Africa by focusing on the "travels" of a small technical device. Since the end of apartheid, prepaid meters have been widely deployed in South Africa's townships to curb the nonpayment of service charges. Yet many residents have bypassed their meters, enabling them to illicitly access electricity or water. I track the micro-political battle between residents tinkering with the tec…
Citizenship Prepaid
This article examines the techno-politics of prepaid water in South Africa. It argues that the shift to prepaid water technologies reinforces a narrow, economistic understanding of citizenship, framing citizens primarily as consumers and calculable subjects. By analyzing the material and discursive practices surrounding prepaid water, the article demonstrates how this technology contributes to the depoliticization of water access and obscures the…
Performing dignity
Since the end of apartheid, rights-based languages of human dignity have often been central to articulating state obligation and making claims on the state in South Africa. In this article, I explore this moral-legal politics by focusing on a legal case brought against the City of Johannesburg by five Soweto residents on the basis of their constitutionally guaranteed right to water. Examining the epistemologies and evidentiary practices on which …
Gauging Politics
Citizenship Prepaid
This article examines the techno-politics of prepaid water in South Africa. It argues that the shift to prepaid water technologies reinforces a narrow, economistic understanding of citizenship, framing citizens primarily as consumers and calculable subjects. By analyzing the material and discursive practices surrounding prepaid water, the article demonstrates how this technology contributes to the depoliticization of water access and obscures the…
Gauging Politics
Traveling Technologies
In this article, I explore the politics of infrastructure in South Africa by focusing on the "travels" of a small technical device. Since the end of apartheid, prepaid meters have been widely deployed in South Africa's townships to curb the nonpayment of service charges. Yet many residents have bypassed their meters, enabling them to illicitly access electricity or water. I track the micro-political battle between residents tinkering with the tec…
Performing dignity
Since the end of apartheid, rights-based languages of human dignity have often been central to articulating state obligation and making claims on the state in South Africa. In this article, I explore this moral-legal politics by focusing on a legal case brought against the City of Johannesburg by five Soweto residents on the basis of their constitutionally guaranteed right to water. Examining the epistemologies and evidentiary practices on which …
Democracy's Infrastructure
In the past decade, South Africa's “miracle transition” has been interrupted by waves of protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the postapartheid period has witnessed widespread illicit acts involving infrastructure, including the non-payment of service charges, the bypassing of metering devices, and illegal connections to services. This book shows how such administrative links to the state became a ce…
Democracy's Infrastructure
In the past decade, South Africa's "miracle transition" has been interrupted by waves of protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the post-apartheid period has witnessed widespread illicit acts involving infrastructure, including the nonpayment of service charges, the bypassing of metering devices, and illegal connections to services. Democracy's Infrastructure shows how such administrative links to the …
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Citizenship (4 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · South African History and Culture (3 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Communication in politics (2 works)