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Die Wirtschaft, durch Strom gelesen. Elektrizitätssysteme als energiewirtschaftliche Aufschreibesysteme (1880–1930)
Russ, Daniela (2020) , S. 74-83
The text ventures into a media history of energy by conceiving of electrical system as discourse networks (Aufschreibesysteme). While the nineteenth century referred to «power sources» that could be tapped locally, the twentieth century began to speak of «energy flows.» An energetic-economic discourse network refers to the methods, technologies, and media that record energy flows. Tracing the development of electrical systems between 1880 and 1930, the text shows how technologies of regulation and control informed the technical, economic, and political appropriation of electricity. It argues that documenting a flowing reservoir of labor power—the national power economy—by large electrical systems was crucial for this shift in the imagination of the energy economy.