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Kabul: kites flown
Any kite that comes too low is fair game – the first person to catch it, owns it – hence the cricket/baseball style person-spacing on …



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31 Aug 2010

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Today’s Office

30 Aug 2010

In: Today's Office
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The great thing about layered airport security is that you get to meet the same people over and over and over. Today I get to …
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Summary Justice

30 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms
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An apparent thief caught and about to be repeatedly, violently hit by one of the officers. The need in any society for people to see …
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Cold Calling: Afghan Romance 101

29 Aug 2010

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Our local guides here schooled us on Afghan romance 101 – how boys/men and girls/women find ways to bridge the significant gulf between the sexes …
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Female Candidates

29 Aug 2010

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Billboard for one of the ~406 female candidates in the upcoming Afghan election: 68, or roughly ~20% of the seats are reserved for women: posters …
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Separators

29 Aug 2010

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Cheese separated by leaves.
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Reflections

28 Aug 2010

In: Design Inspiration
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Street Dynamics

28 Aug 2010



One method we’ve experimented with here in Afghanistan is a varient of the ad-hoc, group street interview – an example above showing Panthea (interviewer) and …
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Poppy Stencil

28 Aug 2010

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Burqa Blues

25 Aug 2010

In: Design Inspiration
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