Reciprocal infrastructures
This presentation offers new ethnographic insight into Karachi's vibrant topography of giving as a means to understand the complex urban landscape and its ensuing politics of development.
Drawing upon 20 months of fieldwork, Salwa Tareen, a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at Boston University, will re-introduce Karachi, Pakistan and its urban landscape through the lens of giving.
The ensuing “topography of giving” explores how practices of giving are deeply embedded within the city’s built environment. From public kitchens tucked into underpasses and free-of-cost ambulances stalled on sidewalks to caged chickens and goats awaiting sacrifice on thoroughfare edges, these sites of roadside giving not only complicate portrayals of what was once deemed the world’s most dangerous city, but also bring contrasting visions of urban development into stark focus
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This webinar is part of the Philanthropy Research Workshop (PRW) series, organised by the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. It is a public forum for new research on a wide range of philanthropic topics. You can register here.