Sliding through life
On a chilly afternoon in April of 2016, Lana and I were about to embark on a ride through Saint Petersburg’s bustling downtown, so…
Read MoreOn a chilly afternoon in April of 2016, Lana and I were about to embark on a ride through Saint Petersburg’s bustling downtown, so…
Read MoreThis post is the introduction of our thematic thread on Trust, curated by Anna Weichselbraun (University of Vienna), Shaila Seshia Galvin (Geneva Graduate Institute) and Ramah McKay (University of…
Read More“Trust in humanitarian action” was the top item on the agenda of the 33rd international conference of the Red Cross movement which took place…
Read MoreCal Biruk explores how technologies of audit and claims to transparency common to both agri-capitalist and global health infrastructures in Malawi paradoxically proliferate suspicion….
Read MoreThis short essay addresses how trust mechanisms are articulated in one of Geneva’s local organic stores, considering the existence of trust relationships between human…
Read MoreSpurred by a question I have been commonly asked, yet one that I’ve long neglected as ethnographically revealing in itself, this essay takes queries…
Read MoreDrawing on participant observation of COVID-19 tests and blood donation, this article demonstrates how micro-interactions between medical personnel and laypeople can constitute trust, grounding…
Read MoreThis piece explores how the indexical quality of Facebook livestreams and the particular claims they make to represent or manifest “reality” connect with long-standing…
Read MoreUsing blockchain as a thread, IBM Food Trust tries to stitch the wounds in the global, decentralised food supply chain. The creation of trust…
Read More“Less Trust, More Truth” said the black nylon drawstring bag in the cardboard box. I had to have one. No other item of swag…
Read MoreHow do globalised health regimes create and shape landscapes of medical regulation and patient safety? This essay asks about the many ways in which…
Read MoreTrust exposes and discloses the social. But the heterogeneity and even excessiveness of meaning in the concept—its overdetermination, its multifariousness and multiformity, its downright…
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