Brave New Normal World
When politicians begin to speak of a post-corona “new normality”, what does that imply? And why should we be concerned? […]
Infrastructure of the Archive / Archiving Infrastructure
Infrastructure is, in common understanding, a very material thing. We think of it as something made of iron and concrete.
Architecture as/and Infrastructure
Over the past two decades, infrastructure has emerged as a central concept in a larger conversation about architecture, landscape, and
The Corona Diaries
Welcome to The Corona Diaries from Allegra, first recorded in April 2020 as part of the Corona thematic thread. The
Viralscapes. The bodies of others after COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals a vital-lethal entanglement of human and nonhuman bodies at a global scale. This post first draws
Un/boxing Fulfillment: A Field Guide to Logistical Worlds
In the classic origin tale of “The Box” and its seductions, Pandora is driven by curiosity—a distinctly feminized will to
Eerie desires for the authoritarian state. Covid-19 updates from Italy.
I have been – like anyone else in Italy – in quarantine for the past three weeks. Optimistically, Italy will
Waiting for a Dam
Once again, in November 2019, I found myself in an SJVN waiting room. But it was a new waiting room.
Runways to the Sky
Road building in the Maldives – an archipelago of small coralline islands – sounds a bit like a euphemism for
Coronavirus: Less Humanitarianism, More Politics!
This essay was written seated on my couch, trying to make sense of the contemporary ‘state of emergency’ as the