Pasts Cast in Concrete and Steel? Infrastructure and the War in Ukraine
In May 2024, following a barrage of Russian missile attacks on power stations across Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced […]
Walls
Áine Mangaoang The nicest prison walls in the world? The prison begins, and ends, with the wall. Ten-feet tall, smooth
Against making sense: Appreciating absurd roundabouts in Malaysian Borneo
In Kuching, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, I found a musical roundabout. Large loudspeakers turn this otherwise
AnthroKino: Spring Program
This spring, Allies meet (online) to watch ethnographic films and discuss with their makers. We have a line up of
A Claxonomy of Mexico City’s Traffic
Anyone who spends time in Mexico City will spend much of it in traffic. One of the most clogged cities
Technologies of Trust: Introduction
This post is the introduction of our thematic thread on Trust, curated by Anna Weichselbraun (University of Vienna), Shaila Seshia Galvin (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Demonstrating Trust in Jordan
This essay considers the role of demonstration as a technique of trust at a wild animal sanctuary in Jordan. I
Dear Yaye
November 2017 Dear Yaye, I am writing to you because a week ago, Babacar returned. Babacar Diop, I think
2084
PART I Two Years Ago It was a hot day in July, and clocks were striking eight. It had been
Morumbi and Paraisópolis: A Four-Act Play
Dramatis Personae Heitor: a 13-year-old boy Mr. Gomes, his father: a waste handler, working at a garbage dump Ms. Gomes,