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. Even when going unnoticed…
Read MoreInfrastructure is, in common understanding, a very material thing. We think of it as something made of iron and concrete. Even when going unnoticed…
Read MoreOver the past two decades, infrastructure has emerged as a central concept in a larger conversation about architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Providing citizens with…
Read MoreIn the classic origin tale of “The Box” and its seductions, Pandora is driven by curiosity—a distinctly feminized will to knowledge—to unleash chaos on…
Read MoreOnce again, in November 2019, I found myself in an SJVN waiting room. But it was a new waiting room. Many things had changed…
Read MoreRoad building in the Maldives – an archipelago of small coralline islands – sounds a bit like a euphemism for a ridiculous task. Maldivian…
Read More“Lena, you can turn on the camera now.” The view of the space station changes from monitor to film image. The opening scene of…
Read More“I still need to cross Attabad before I reach home” – so our Shimshali travel companion commented matter-of-factly. We had just spent ten days…
Read MoreThe side of a road is a good place for ethnography, we think. One of us owns a field next to a country road….
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