by Hauke Schneider | Sep 24, 2022 | Magazine
Down an unlit side street in Khartoum, Sudan, a crumpled, dirty note slides out from under a rotting rubber band. Then another. And another. A hand counts the notes on the receiving end. A gift of cash from abroad has both travelled a thousand miles and yet not at...
by Hauke Schneider | Sep 24, 2022 | Magazine
After the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, tools like Ushahidi used the ubiquitous mobile phone as a platform, allowing remote volunteers to translate, triage, and ultimately direct aid to where it was needed most. Uncategorized Aid “My name is Jean Wani my...
by Hauke Schneider | Sep 22, 2022 | Magazine
In an apartment studio in Belen, a producer mixes technobrega tracks from pop songs. On esoteric websites, gongkai manufacturers swap files for low-cost devices. These makers know copying advances their work, and they do it openly. Incorporating sources of inspiration...
by Hauke Schneider | Sep 21, 2022 | Magazine
Lebanon has a trash problem. Since July 2015, residents have regularly set afire mountains of garbage to manage the ever-growing piles that have lined city streets, overrun river beds, and spilled down mountainsides ever since the government failed to find a...
by Hauke Schneider | Sep 18, 2022 | Magazine
Issue Three takes on “creative opposition” in informal economies around the world. For our exploration of Resistance, we visit weapon makers in Libya, renegade electricians in South Africa, and durability testers in China. The Resistance Issue is now available online...
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