Imagine a world without access to banks and the services they provide – baseline services such as credit, money transfers, savings. For many of the …



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Red dye from Mumbai above, blood from slaughtered sheep from Urumqi, below. The traces/bi-products of activities, the social acceptability of those activities, the extent to …
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Additional protection from the monsoon rains – a splash proof phone, in a protective case, in a plastic bag. Justifiable paranoia for a business tool …
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What drink do you associate with a hit of salt? Tequila? Neat vodka? A soda water? Salt and soda water? At least two explanations why locally, …
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Every inside surface of the taxi carpeted, except for the floor.
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How to engage with the local community in design? Rent a photo studio for ten days, fly-post a competition, offer daily prizes, meticulously document winners posing …
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Today’s office is in a neighbourhood of Mumbai’s Dhavari, on a day the monsoon really starts to kick in. The father of the family picks us …
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Today’s office is in a neighbourhood of Mumbai’s Dhavari, on a day the monsoon really starts to kick in. The father of the family picks us …
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Using local contact numbers during the field research lowers the communication barrier for would-be participants – and the arrival in a new city heralds in …
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A wiser person than me accurately described our endless journeying as a holiday romance without the holiday, and without the romance – friendships and respect …
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