It might seem counter-productive to travel half way across the world to observe or take part in an activity that we would otherwise try to …
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A small but significant social nudging behaviour by this street food seller next to Dongdaemon fabric market Seoul: as customers pass by she invites them …
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Some wonderful (paraphrased) quotes from the essay ‘The Camera Fiend‘ by Bill Jay on the early adoption of the camera, and in particular the rise …
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Smokers huddling around a smoking zone at the far end of a Shibuya train platform – a behaviour deemed as anti-social yet, by the very …
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For the next two hours this is my office – a sofa in the Lotus, located in a Omotesando back alley. I’ve spent the day …
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Mobile phones used in this Ochanomizu hospital, restricted to phone booths. In a world of smaller more discreet objects, how to know what activity a …
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Red dye from Mumbai above, blood from slaughtered sheep from Urumqi, below. The traces/bi-products of activities, the social acceptability of those activities, the extent to …
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A sign-of-the-times moment from the Caravan Cafe – an upscale organic restaurant in the Tashkent suburbs: a lady walks in alone and sits at the …
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Empty can placed in the sweeper’s pan – in the bottom right of this photo. Objects and their associated actions that legitimise otherwise anti-social behaviours.
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