Afghanistan

Summary Justice

Kabul: visible justice
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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30 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Risk, Security & Working Styles

30 Aug 2010

In: Jalalabad, Today's Office
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Given the situation in Afghanistan how smart is it to conduct street/ad-hoc research on the ground? To answer this it’s worth reflecting on the working …
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Cold Calling: Afghan Romance 101

29 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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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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Box Annotation

29 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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Female Candidates

29 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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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

In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Cheese separated by leaves.
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Reflections

28 Aug 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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Street Dynamics

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

In: GRF, Kabul
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Location Unawareness

26 Aug 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Mazar e Sharif
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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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