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Extreme Gender Dynamics

04 Mar 2013
In: Afghanistan, Research Methods
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Except from the research report: In the Hands of God: A Study of Risk & Savings in Afghanistan co-authored with Cara Silver, Mark Rolston and …
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The Screen

15 Feb 2013
In: Afghanistan
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The 500+ guest wedding (and being a guest a multiple weddings in a weekend) creates opportunities for gender mixing in a culture where there are …
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Money & Food

14 Feb 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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“Those” Projects

08 Feb 2013
In: Afghanistan, Research Methods
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There are projects. The ones that shape, mould and refine our methods, allow us to iterate on how we think about collecting, analysing and applying …
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In the Hands of God

08 Feb 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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As some of you may remember in December I traveled to Afghanistan with colleagues Mark Rolston and Cara Silver to explore attitudes to savings and …
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D2 Raw. D3 Trial.

16 Jan 2013
In: Design Inspiration, Sertão Do Taquari
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Had the good fortune this week to spend time in the Brazilian rainforest somewhere in the vicinity of here. As some of you know I’ve been …
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Warmth

10 Dec 2012
In: Herat, Today's Office
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A research trip to Afghanistan with colleagues Cara and Mark for a short study on mobile savings, as a follow up to this research. In …
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Mosque Proximity

10 Dec 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Today's Office
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When you rent a house/apartment in Kabul or country with a significant muslim population a key consideration, five times a day, is the proximity of …
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Truck Stop Dynamics

10 Dec 2012
In: Kabul, Research Methods
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Trucks from Pakistan on the outskirts of Kabul. 8-person group dynamics that were both humbling and a little hairy.
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Opium Death

10 Dec 2012
In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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For every culture, an equivalent.
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