Tasting Qualities
How does one reproduce the taste, smell and appearance of any craft based/ industrially produced food commodity? Tea is one […]
Tasting Qualities
Sarah Besky’s ethnographically and historically rich study of the Indian tea industry begins with a deceptively simple question: what makes
Tasting Qualities
As I write this, in the uncertain and tumultuous times of early June 2020, there is a storm brewing in
#Failures: When things don’t hold: Anthropologies of failure, breakdown, and dysfunction
The fragility of our infrastructures and modes of living seldom become as ubiquitously palpable as they have with the current
#Failures: Failure is a Feeling
We were sat upstairs in a favourite hot-pot restaurant in old Taipei, nestled in between a deep red temple and
#Failures: Failed to belong – (Re)Negotiations of care in a Tanzanian social welfare office
Every day, women, men, and children sit on the wonky wooden benches in front of the social welfare office, patiently
The Fiscal Life of Pandemics
In his summer statement, Rishi Sunak, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that VAT (Value-Added Tax) would be
#Podcast Round Up: Best of March to August
Summer comes to an end, and some of us will start commuting again. Others will desperately wonder how to fill
Neither Markets Nor Militaries: On the critical importance of restoring the commons
In Southern Africa – where South Africa and Botswana account for two of the most economically unequal countries in the
Pushing boundaries: Homelessness and addiction during Covid-19
“Ben really isn’t keeping up well. He looks fine, but he’s been complaining and he’s constantly out. […] You don’t