Issue 10 Chokepoints »Viscosity: A Minor Theory of Oil Capital Flow…cause these symptoms along with damage to the central nervous system, immune system, and reproductive capacity, possibly over several generations. While attuned to the REE’s chemosphere, Esmeraldeños tend to share…
Issue 8 Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches »I am Not a Hacker…developers wanted nothing to do with the label “hacker,” and would shake their heads when asked if they “hacked.” In the words of Sam, one of the coders I worked…
Issue 2 Crowds and Clouds »Public Safety and Wall Street…on the street, “stop-and-frisks” etc.) while crime had abated (whether for small infractions – for example, the campaign began with a war on squeegee men in front of Grand Central…
Issue 6 The Total Archive »Keeping the Books…to produce a digital object that could be easily generated, transmitted, recognized, and exchanged—but not duplicated—without relying on a third party like a central bank, a clearinghouse, or the state….
Issue 6 The Total Archive »Unpacking Google’s Library…motives in the project, its will to power, and its increasing control over access to knowledge. Others accused the company of undermining the central tenets of copyright. Brought together in…
ResearchersIvan SmallIvan V. Small is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Central Connecticut State University. He is author of Currencies of Imagination: Channeling Money and Chasing Mobility in Vietnam…
Issue 8 Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches »Survival of the Cryptic…campaign, Clinton’s administration promised to inaugurate a new era for the White House. Technology would be centrally implicated in this new phase: the Clinton Administration would be the first to…