Code from nowhere
This essay ethnographically examines the maintenance of small-scale digital publishing infrastructures and the shifting culture of software work under generative AI.
Everywhere is a Border, Everywhere a Wall
On Stratified Topologies of Urban Passing 1 April 2024, London. Written while shifting from one transient stay to another, sixteen
Projects and Anti-Projects
Projects are premised on bringing forth something new; they are premised on creation, invention, and improvement.
When the Ground Refuses to Settle: Living with Unfinished Landscapes in the Western Ghats
On the national highway that cuts across the lower slopes of the Western Ghats, the surface itself is rarely the
The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth
Andreas Malm. 2024. The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth. London. New York: Verso Urgency is the word that
Seeing Treaty Rights: The cumulative effects of enacting new regulations
A moose mating ritual “Sorry, what did you say?” asked the company CEO during a meeting about new regulatory requirements.
Deregulated Grids, Natural Gas and the Texas Freeze – A Cautionary Tale
A little after 1 am on Feb. 15, 2021 during a frigid storm, the Texas electric grid came close to
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