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Why Airports Are Places We Should All be More Interested In
Dec 19 2022
By Eric Porter, author of A People's History of SFO: The Making of the Bay Area and an AirportFor many people, airports may seem like alienating “nonplaces”—as anthropologist Marc Augé put it—where we rush to make connections and spend long, monotonous hours waiting for delayed flights. But I’ve
The Understudied Social Lives of Public Transit
Nov 08 2021
By Rashmi Sadana, author of The Moving City: Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of InfrastructureOne of the first people I interviewed for my new book, The Moving City: Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of Infrastructure, was a woman in her fifties who I call Vanit
What Fragments Tell Us About Cities
Sep 29 2021
By Colin McFarlane, author of Fragments of the City: Making and Remaking Urban WorldsI was standing in front of two side-by-side pictures, both black and white images of houses on an ordinary street. When I stood back, I realised that the photos were in fact of the same house. One image of t
Is Big Infrastructure in China’s DNA?
Mar 09 2021
By David M. Lampton, co-author of Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast AsiaThis guest post is part of our #AAS2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more.With its global-scale Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and railway-building exertions in Southeast A