Afghanistan

Street Stencil

Kabul: street stencils
ISAF/American critical stencil art (left) depicting the in the Tainani neighbourhood of, Kabul. Stencils are widely used for advertising services here, first examples I’ve …



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20 Aug 2010

In: GRF, Kabul
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Petrol Station Colours

20 Aug 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Jalalabad
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A to B to C on time

20 Aug 2010

In: Kabul, Research Methods
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The research crew takes to motorcycles the only way to beat the Kabul traffic – otherwise slowed by the concrete barriers, roadblocks, poor state of …
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Election Posters

20 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Jalalabad
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With the election in Afghanistan only a month away – candiate posters now covers much of the street signage and infrastructure. This round-about, nee poster …
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Off Piste

19 Aug 2010

In: Jalalabad, Today's Office
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A 5:30am start to the day to a drive down to Jalalabad for a number of interviews in the city and surrounds. There are a …
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From ‘Is this You’ to ‘This Is Me’

17 Aug 2010

In: Future Perfect, Kabul
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The security protocols for working in Afghanistan dictate that the driver doesn’t hold up the name of the person they are picking up, but …
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Mobile Money Afghanistan

06 Aug 2010



Afghanistan is a country with extremely low levels of access to banking infrastructure; limited trust in formal institution; and high levels of illiteracy. On the …
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Egg Colour Norms

28 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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For every colour an association: orange denotes cooked eggs – with a small bag of salt off to one side.
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The Ideal State of An Object

11 May 2010

In: Kabul, Street Hacks
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The stuff you do to retain the ideal state of an object – that sweet spot of use. And the motivations for keeping an object in …
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6 Rules of Field Photography

01 May 2010

In: Kabul, Research Methods
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The extent to which you have the moral and legal obligation to protect your study participant’s privacy? The ways in which this conflicts with how the data will be used within your organisation and if the subject matter allows, how it might be used in the public domain?
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