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Mazar e Sharif

Accidental Works of Art

Mazar e Sharif: lumber yard
Out on the trail bike, stop in on a building materials supply yard where branches are clustered by thickness and stacked up around simple rectangular …



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02 Sep 2010

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Local Heroes

02 Sep 2010

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It’s striking how Tupac/Che/Marley-like the photos of Masood are.
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The Consequences of Ad-hocs

31 Aug 2010

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Darting around Mazar e Sharif on the back of a trial-bike doing ad-hoc interviews with manual labourers. There are consequences to asking questions and taking …
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Box Annotation

29 Aug 2010

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Location Unawareness

26 Aug 2010

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How do you design a service that relies on absolute location awareness, when in this context everyone thinks in terms of relative location: “up the …
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Boxes that go Boom

26 Aug 2010

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CDs and DVDs are the medium of choice for the discerning Afghani, although on the mobile phone digital side-loading reigns supreme.
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Small Objects of Desire

25 Aug 2010

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Interviews with a generator repair shop – in Afghanistan if you want reliable electricity you supply your own. Not sure where this oil can is …
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Nike Power

25 Aug 2010

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Mazar Snapshots IV

25 Aug 2010

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Street Services

25 Aug 2010

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Evolution of the street charging services in a city where only a few have uninterrupted access to mains electricity, and many have none. With each …
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